He's usually pretty quiet about his beliefs. When he opened up a bit with The Passion of the Christ, he got a lot of negative feedback from the left, the right, and everything in between. He hasn't had his publicist calling stations and demand they remove programming that conflicts with his perspective.....hellooooo, Tom Cruise. They're his views and he mostly keeps them to himself. I have yet to hear a word from a co-star saying anything that wasn't glowing about working with him. He keeps...

from 2003, ancient words: "Regarding slashing of social programs, what exactly did Dean do in his 11 years in office? 1) as of the year 2000, Vermont was rated 2nd best in the nation for the quality of medical care provided to Medicare beneficiaries 2) as of the year 2003, Vermont was ranked 3rd best in the nation for prescription benefits provided to Medicare beneficiaries 3) signed into law managed care consumer protections that are among the toughest in the nation 4) established the "Succes...

cross-posting for my journal: Back in the ‘80s a phrase caught my eye. “Politics is personal, and the personal is political.” The various ramifications of that simple statement are, undoubtedly, subject to debate. The context within which it was being used at the time, however, was one of sexual awareness and education. Spousal rape, for example, was most emphatically not a personal spat between husband and wife, nor was it a "personal issue" which could be ignored in the public and political s...

Reposting for my journal: Yet another one of those damnable threads asking if the confederate flag is a symbol of “racism” or “heritage” has percolated its way to the surface, like a noxious fart bubbling up to disturb the placid serenity of our beloved DU. It’s almost enough to make you wonder if there isn’t a group of monkeys tapping away at their keyboards in a room somewhere, trying desperately to write a sonnet, but mysteriously arriving at the words “racist,” “racist heritage,” “heritage ...