Author: Second Nature

Got Peace Vigil Photos?

Anyone want to share photos from tonight’s peace vigils?  I know there are lots of us who went and I for one would love to see all of your shining faces, and to see people from all over the country standing up for...

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Columnist wants Iraq letters

A Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist for the Cleveland Plain Dealer is seeking letters from men and women who are currently serving, or who have returned from active duty in Iraq. She gets many such letters and emails forwarded to...

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Irony and Hope in the South

“I love Jesus Christ!…so FUCK YOU!” These ridiculously ironic words were just screamed, no SCREAMED at me by a young man just before he floored the gas and cut me off, causing me to slam on the brakes to avoid...

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Muskrat Love as torture?

According to Alternet the music of Christina Aguilera has been used as a torture device at Guantanamo Bay. Specifically, during a grueling, 20-hour interrogation of Mohammed al-Qahtani, suspected of being the 20th hijacker on...

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Welcome Wagon #18 …C’mon in!

Hi and welcome to everybody! This makes Welcome Wagon Diary #18 and, boy, has this been an exciting week! I came over here just a few days ago and already it feels like home. Well, a 27-inch plasma screen home, but home...

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