Former 2008 presidential candidates address what current ones should
Nice full page op-ed in the New York Times today. In alpha order, Democrats then Republicans. Enormous sigh followed by four-letter word. I so dislike that I have to choose between Hillary Clinton and...
View ArticleBlogging in Tongues Against Ohio HB 477
I could write at least 57 reasons about why Ohio HB 477, the bill that seeks to make English Ohio’s “official language,” is wrong. But that would just be me. Next week, you’ll have a chance to read...
View ArticlePorque eu sou contra a MP 477, da Lei Omnibus Bigot (aka Inglês-só factura)
Alguém nesta thread em que eu anunciou o projeto Tongues em Blogging escreveu, “eu tenho que pensar proteger aquilo que é hoje a língua é sensato.” E minha reação: Protegê-la contra o quê? O que...
View ArticleHB 477: Torturing the ones we want to welcome, torturing ourselves
Multiple Ohio blogs have posted entries in a foreign language today: American Pink Collar (French) Bad American (Polish) bitter-girl :: musings (German) Blogesque (Korean) Blue Bexley (Dutch) Blue...
View ArticleTrader Joe’s, Two-Buck Chuck and the death of Maria Jimenez
Judy Carlin has been following the story of the 17 year old illegal immigrant and farmworker, Maria Isabel Vasquez Jimenez, who died last month from the heat of vineyard fields and a lack of respect...
View ArticleImmigration – remember that topic?
Hasn’t been in the news too much but it should be, because for many people, it’s a fact of life. I’m not really sure what positions I support, beyond pressing profiteering employers – I will always...
View ArticleRubashkin, former Agriprocessors plant manager, denied bail
That’s what I call taking this thing seriously. Glad to see it. From JTA: Judge Jon Scoles ruled Thursday that Sholom Rubashkin—whose family owned Agriprocessors, what was at one time the country’s...
View ArticleThe Progressive Year in Review
You can read my thoughts about it here but for a teaser, here’s what I actually left out (until I added an addendum), so you can just imagine what I included: The environment and energy: For...
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Conservative Twitter Wars on #Immigration: Dana Loesch v. Andrew Brenner
Somewhere between the music lesson drop-off and the failure to find something to drink at the Zagara’s in Cleveland Heights around 3:15pm today, I was sitting in my car browsing one of the Twitter...
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Online Tuesday: Children at the Border: Whose Crisis Is It?
Please join writer Connie Schultz on Facebook tomorrow evening (Tuesday, July 15) at 7pm to discuss what is a crisis well beyond the United States’ Southern border. Your homework to prepare is to take...
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