Tales of a Modern-Day Cassandra with a Philosophy Fetish
In 2005, I lost eight people (either through direct relationships with them or indirectly through my friends). Children, parents, people with whom I was friends, and one I worked with weekly as a parent in a co-op nursery school. I found I couldn’t make sense of some of the things I heard during the funerals Read More …
Am I glad he got what was coming to him? You bet. That doesn’t make this announcement or event any less bittersweet. I’m only a degree away from people who lost loved ones at the Pentagon and a couple away from those who were lost in NY. My heart goes out to the untold numbers Read More …
[eta No, I don’t mean the musicians. Until today I didn’t know there *were* musicians named Euthanasia!] Background: In junior high, I took a class on death and dying. I was particularly interested in the subject because of my mother’s illness. I think it’s likely that this class introduced me to the concept of Euthanasia. Read More …
I’ve had this post brewing in the back of my mind since I started listening to Rent (and really, since I saw the movie last fall). I think my thoughts have solidified enough to write what I’ve been thinking, on and off, over the months. Warning!!! Serious musings on the value of life, the meaninglessness Read More …
And so, now we know… Washington Post: Schiavo Autopsy Released And for all that, we tied up the congress, the court system, and the morals of hundreds of thousands of people who used this poor, doomed woman as a poster child for the injustices of fate. And now, NPR and PBS… Thinking Canadian thoughts again… Read More …
A day after the death of Theresa “Terri” Schindler Schiavo, and on the eve of what may soon be the death of Pope John Paul II, I have finally coalesced all the things I think have been so wrong about what has happened to our government, our judicial system, and our humanity as members of Read More …