Blog Posts
Never Underestimate the Power of Progressive Activism
By Hillary Rettig |
Thank you to Barack, those who worked on his behalf, and those who came before us and built the foundation, often at the cost of their freedom or lives.
A New, More Compassionate America
By Hillary Rettig |
Along with the triumph of Obama, yesterday's election was also a triumph for the animals, as Americans voted for more compassion. California's Proposition 2 passed with 62% of the vote, ensuring much more humane confinement and compassionate treatment for 20 million chickens, pigs, cows and other farmed animals in that ...
Coping with Failure
By Hillary Rettig |
A while back, the New York Times ran a interesting interview with Jim McCann, founder and CEO of 1-800Flowers.com . A lot of it was about the mistakes he made along the way, and how he rebounded. His conclusion: "If you look at highly successful people, they make the same ...
George Carlin, Reinventionist
By Hillary Rettig |
Sad to note George Carlin's death. The thing I found interesting in his New York Times obit was how, back in the late 1960s, when he was already at the top of his profession, with guest spots on Ed Sullivan, bookings at top Las Vegas casinos, etc., Carlin bravely chucked ...
Crazy Floating Hedgehog with Crazy Affectionate Ladies Cheering Him On
By Hillary Rettig |
Via Cute Overload (where else?), we present the antics of Shming the hedgehog and his adoring female entourage:
Friday Fun: Hell’s iPod and Fugly Plants
By Hillary Rettig |
I've been saving these up for just the right Friday: Hell's iPodA collection of entertainingly awful music videos, most of which seem to date from my youth (and, hence, don't sound all that awful to me). The classics are all in here: Muskrat Love, Billy Don't be a Hero, Honey, ...
Today’s Link: Effective College Environmentalists Model the Joy of Sustainability Living
By Hillary Rettig |
Bravo to the college environmentalists in this wonderful New York Times article , who are not just exploring sustainable living for themselves, but modeling it for others with creativity and fun: "Lucas Brown, a junior at Oberlin College here, was still wet from the shower the other morning as he ...
“The Language of Loss for the Jobless”
By Hillary Rettig |
That's the name of a terrific article in today's New York Times that discusses how people deal with the shame of being out of work. The best part is the section about how one marketing executive responds to people's sympathy in an empowered way: "And so by last weekend, merely ...
