Margin Notes

…because activism, citizenship and democracy ARE NOT ON THE TEST.

Some advice a lot of us would do well to remember.
Peter Post, great-grandson of Emily and author of several etiquette books, argued that laptops should be banned from the main meal, but are fine during coffee hour, when guests linger at the table conversing. “If you’re using the laptop to look something up in the [...]

…to be an American, after reading this quote from Harry Potter author J.K. Rowlands on her treatment at the hands of this country’s Christianist extremists.
“I had one letter from a vicar in England — this is the difference — saying would I please not put Christmas trees at Hogwarts as it was clearly a pagan [...]

“…on camera — and she did so often — her tears and mascara both ran copiously, leaving long black streaks on her face.”
If you read just one obituary this Sunday afternoon, make it Tammy Faye’s.

My future?