Circuit Writer

Musings on the intersections of life, faith and other things…

Browsing Posts published on 31 January 2010

Here’s a summary of President Obama’s discussion of energy legislation and climate change in the State of the Union address.

Watch the video here and then click over to Repower America to learn more.

A friend of mine put me on to this blog post through Facebook and I’ve deemed it important enough to share – and it’s unbelievable well written to boot!  It engages the question of white privilege and spells out what it means in accessible terms.  I’m posting a teaser here and a link to the rest of the blog.

One of the frustrating things about living in Iowa City – a cozy, liberal-for-the-Midwest sort of town – is that I’ll make friends with intelligent people, considerate people, well-spoken, literate people, who nevertheless will pull out phrases like “I don’t believe in white privilege” when I have discussions with them.

To them, I dedicate this. (Originally posted on my own blog, http://magistrate.dreamwidth.org/.)

Click here to read the rest.