Much is being made in the media, particularly the conservative media, about a quote from President Obama’s Supreme Court nominee, Judge Sonia Sotomayor, that goes like this: “I would hope that a wise Latina woman with the richness of her experiences would more often than not reach a better conclusion [as a judge] than a [...]
Posts from ‘May, 2009’
Honoring our vets on Memorial Day…
To all our military veterans who have given their lives in service of this great country, you have my utmost gratitude. Thank you. Here’s an interesting interview by ABC News with 108-year-old Frank Buckles, the last known living American veteran of World War I. I’m surprised to hear there is no national memorial to the [...]
Car fire in Seattle parking garage…
I’m a service operations center engineer, and I work odd hours – Sunday through Tuesday and every other Wednesday, 12-hour shifts. Normally, Sundays are very slow and frequently boring, but today the fire alarm went off and my co-worker and I went packing outside. We knew right away it was no drill, as we hadn’t [...]
President Obama to send wreath to Confederate Memorial…
Since the time of President Wilson, who first established the tradition, it has been customary for presidential administrations to send a wreath to the Confederate Memorial at Arlington National Cemetary on Memorial Day. This year (and for all I know, every year), a Dallas “historian” named Edward Sebesta submitted a petition to President Obama’s office, [...]
Acupuncture doesn’t work, although it may help…
Wait, what? How can something that doesn’t work, help? And if it helps, doesn’t that mean it works? There is a new study out today (Reuters, Seattle PI) from the Group Health Center for Health Studies that shows acupuncture provides at least some benefit to people with chronic lower back pain. I’m sure that acupuncture [...]
