of guns, brothers, and the NRA

An interesting debate was started between a couple of brothers today on Discontinuous Permafrost.  It began on another post, than ran over into an e-mail debate that I felt warranted a post of its own.  Before going any further with posting their discussion, I should give you a little more feedback on the two brothers.
The [...]

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Unitarian Universalism- peaceful, but not passive

Last night, I attended a vigil at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Fairbanks for the victims of the Sunday shooting at the Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church in Knoxville. As of this afternoon, two victims of that tragedy have died, four remain hospitalized and two have been released.

We met in the somber grey of [...]

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after Bush, is there anything left to risk?

One of the most common things I hear from people when asked about their preference for Obama or McCain is that they are adverse to risk.  In short, the McCain we all know and love versus the Obama we don’t know but want to love.
Or, as Obama puts it “the devil you know versus the [...]

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Election 2008- why is this even considered a race?

Is anybody out there as confounded as I am with the current presidential race?  I keep seeing poll data released that shows the two candidates as reasonably close, or with “McCain making gains” in key states.
What, if anything, would endear anybody to vote for John McCain at this point?  He has issued no credible plans [...]

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