Politics And More

Easter 2012

February 27, 2012

Last year I wrote an essay for class that required researching an issue and then drafting a letter to a local newspaper or an official who could address the subject. I decided to investigate the issue of people giving kids live rabbits as a pet [read more]

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Animal Rescue And Being Gay

October 19, 2011

I have volunteered for any number of worthy causes for years; it is just in my DNA. During the years I lived in Toronto it was focused on AIDS-related issues; fund-raising for various groups, volunteer labour for the Aids Committee of Toronto, etc. The connection [read more]

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Why yes, I did buy a KIA

October 14, 2011

That might not sound like a big deal; plenty of Americans are purchasing vehicles from Kia and other foreign companies. And I am not a rabid isolationist demanding enormous tariffs on all imports while crying “Buy American Or Die!“. But I am outspoken in my [read more]

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Politics and Gulls

October 1, 2011

I spent some time taking photographs along the “Scioto Mile” in downtown Columbus. For the last 15 minutes there, I watched a flock of gulls illustrate the same point about politics that is often described as “a hamster on a wheel“. There is a row [read more]

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Non-Profit Tax Exemptions

September 13, 2011

This post contains material originally posted on this blog on September 28, 2009. I have re-posted it today as a reaction to reading Prop 8 Lawyers Push to Remove IRS Rules at The New Civil Rights Movement blog.      Churches, or any organization claiming IRS-approved [read more]