The Office limps on into oblivion; 30 Rock rides out into the sunset; Fox stays animated; McSteamy, Dreamy Underpants defies expiration; Heigl drops something important; TBS likes mountain cats, or ladies over 40, six of one; True Blood finds a reason to chase perps with fangs; Oh, Lisa Turtle. Continue reading
Jim Daly, evangelist and president of Christian shout-group, Focus on the Family, has some thoughts about this whole marriage issue, as you can well imagine. But nothing surprised us more than hearing the words of Thomas Jefferson in relation to Jim’s thoughts on what should constitute marriage and family in this country. So we’ve rolled up our sleeves and said an incantation or two and dragged old Thomas out of the crypt so he can respond in kind. Continue reading
Noted scholar, Dancing with the Stars laughingstock, single mother Bristol Palin pointed her chinplant at the American media today to weigh in on Obama’s declaration of support for marriage equality:
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When I taught junior high, it was at a rural “alternative” school — a school for students who had been expelled from other urban schools in the county. “At-risk” kids, if you like: Virtually all had chaotic home lives, or incarcerated parents, or something. There was also abuse, of course — although that issue was more the province of the social workers than the teachers. (This school had two full-time social workers on staff — for a student body of sixty kids in total.) The entire institution was specifically designed to educate this “population” of students: It was situated at some distance from other schools in the district, and was reached via a long ride through the countryside on an actual “short bus.” Continue reading
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