Today I don’t write about gun laws or assault rifles; I don’t write about hundred round clips or political ideologies. Today I write in an attempt to assuage the alternating numbness to anguish
Category: Politics
Red Badge of Cowardice?
During our lifetime, there comes a minute, a day, or an event that implores us to make a decision separate from our own personal gain and in the best interest of the least and the unprotected aroun
Civil Unions Legal In Colorado
History was made in Colorado today, and let’s hope it repeats itself. At 3:30 PM MDT, Governor John Hickenlooper signed the state’s civil union bill into law. I’m writing this sho
Am I My Sisters’ Keeper?
With all the talk in this election cycle supporting “values” voters and the pronouncements of personal faith driving political policy, I am reminded of my own Sunday schooling in the rural Sou
Romney’s Debate Night Rope-a-Dope Defies Theory of Evolution
I make no apologies that I am an advocate of President Obama. I am a blogger, not a journalist, and I don’t have to maintain any semblance of neutrality or non-bias. Progressives citing my wr
Politicians: Bully 2
With so much well deserved attention placed on the recent brilliant Weinstein Brothers movie, Bully, and other school bullying campaigns of late, I thought it only fitting to focus on the continue
Komen Foundation, Planned Parenthood: A Race to Cure Blind Ideology
I am pro-Choice. That means I am the decider when it comes to issues of personal health, personal happiness, and personal wealth…and with that, the distribution of such wealth. Today, I have
LGBTQ Leadership Begins At Home
Last week, US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, delivered to the United Nations an historic speech on human rights as it pertains to the Obama Administration’s renewed commitment to the world
Thankful I’m a One-percenter: Love, Family, Friendship
As regular readers of the ‘Schmootz blog can attest, I don’t write about myself very often…at least outside of my political ponderings or entertainment selections that I deem personally worth
Don’t Mess With History – TX Gov Perry Correlates GOP Tax Struggles to Civil Rights Struggle
Reiterating without repose the sad commonality that corporations are people, Republican presidential frontrunner, Rick Perry (R-TX), compared the GOP fight for lower corporate taxes to the Civil