potential. temptation.

April 24, 2008 in we can do better than this

There are temptations all around us. The chances are that it won’t take you too long to remember some of the ones that have drifted through your mind over the last 24hours. But while some of them are obvious, there’s a range of temptations that are subtle and sometimes harder to spot.
Take this one, for [...]

April 24, 2008 in Uncategorized

Amnesty International’s new anti-waterboarding advert
I think that Amnesty does an important job, and I think that provocative campaign videos have the power to prod us into action in ways that so many direct mail pieces don’t.
But I’ve watched this twice now and have yet to do anything about it. I’ve [...]

hope or fear?

April 22, 2008 in new normals

conspiracies and new hope

April 2, 2008 in we can do better than this

There are only so many conspiracy theories that I can take in any one given conversation. Last night I got three in as many minutes. It left me a little shaky.
Our friend Missy came over and told us about the friend of hers who had recently had a conversation with someone who gave his job [...]