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May 09, 2012
Mother's Day blues
Big Man is worried about what to get me for Mother's Day. I don't like plants and books are as essential to my life as food so there is a steady supply of those. And yet I kind of get a bit nauseous when I read from other moms that all they want from Mother's Day is to be with their family. I want to think they are lying. I need a lot. Mostly, I want to be left alone to write and take a walk. I would then find a few girlfriends and a bottle of wine or some margaritas. My...
 
07.14.11
Op-Ed: 'A Dream In Hanoi' is not to be missed
The film documents more than just the preparations for the stage; it exposes cultural differences with philosophical interpretations on how individuals across the globe interact and work creatively
07.01.11
Op-Ed: This is what a protester looks like
Protesters aren’t always bitter and angry--sometimes they just care
06.27.11
Op-Ed: Mutant Pride--Racial Metaphors in ‘X-Men: First Class’
First Class needs to be evaluated based on what it is and what it does: the film does deal with race but that is a plank from X-Men’s primary themes of fear, prejudice, and intolerance
06.16.11
Op-Ed: Of loaves and fishes
Reflecting now on those loaves and fishes I am advocating, and I could be wrong, that the Christ parable holds the answer to our civil upset here in Minnesota about the marriage amendment