Liz Stone
I Don't Got The Hots for Palin
I’ve thought long and hard about this campaign. When I learned that Palin, a newbie barely versed with the echelons of our national capital powerhouse, was selected, my first thought was, “It’s a ploy.†I didn’t even think, “Gosh, possibly the first female vice president ever†nor “Wow, McCain’s clever.†If anything, it is…wait…I’m going [...]
Notes from Israel: Ten Years Later
I have been back to the States for a week now. Israel, a 13-day adventure, morphed into a steady line of mental snapshots hanging on a clothesline. Barely a dent in my lifetime and yet, I returned 10,000 times richer in appreciation of my border-free freedom and wide gateway of accessibility. It has been ten [...]
Batman for President?
The election of 2008 looms near, as so many others have before. In 2000 and 2004, we were faced with fiascoes. We’ve had the greenest president that never was (Florida, what happened?) and a man who lost because he was the world class flip-flopper. What we were left with is arguably the most idiotic president in [...]
Religion Going Green?
Right now, nothing is more controversial than science and religion. Much of the world’s politics are driven by religious beliefs and ideals. Religion going green is a paradox. Is marriage between these two possible? A union between fact and faith? Why not? Science gives us definitions of what things are and why; religion gives us [...]
America, the Beautiful (cough cough)
“Oh Beautiful for smoggy skies, insecticided grain, For strip-mined mountain’s majesty above the asphalt plain. America, America, man sheds his waste on thee, And hides the pines with billboard signs, from sea to oily sea.” ~George Carlin This Carlin fella may be funny, but he’s talking about some serious issues. The signers of the Declaration [...]
To Be Organic or Not To Be. What's the Question?
Thanks to Shakespeare, we all think often about the question of being. For me, it is especially about sustainable living. It’s a no-brainer. We all know that global warming has gotten its own hot place these days-everyone knows we have to do something to save our planet. So, what should we do? What can we [...]
Inspiration: An Act of Love
By Elizabeth Stone One article I read a year ago in Ode magazine, written by and for optimistic intellectuals, claims that motivation is based on fear while inspiration is based on love. What I am going to say here is going to be touchy-feely. Yes, I’m going to get all mushy and corny here. It’s [...]