This guest post is drawn from a presentation by my daughter, Sheela Jane Menon, currently pursuing a Ph.D. in English at the University of Texas, Austin. It begins to examine the question of how much progress has been made in…
Dawn Morais
Communications Consultant/ Instructor/ Blogger/ Issue Advocate • Born in Kerala. Raised in Malaysia. Living in Hawaii.
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From Douglass to Obama: How Far Have We Come?
Tagged with: Adidas, Douglass, Elizabeth Catlett, Frederick Douglass, Jacob Philadelphia, Obama, Slavery, University of Texas
Posted in Fighting Poverty, I BLOG, Justice, Race and Art, Race and Economics, Sustainability, Uncategorized
Posted in Fighting Poverty, I BLOG, Justice, Race and Art, Race and Economics, Sustainability, Uncategorized
GOP Post-Modernism
Anyone who thinks the GOP is captive to Tea Party extremists, obviously has not been paying enough attention to what might be seen as a strong strain of “GOP postmodernism” coming from really deep thinkers like the Newt. I know…
Tagged with: Bain Capital, GOP, Obama, Offshore accounts, preferential option for the poor, Repeal, Romney, US Bishops
Posted in Catholic Politicians, Healthcare, I BLOG, Uncategorized, US Bishops, Women's Rights
Posted in Catholic Politicians, Healthcare, I BLOG, Uncategorized, US Bishops, Women's Rights
Defining “Marvelous”
They are buried in one line under “Vowed Religious” on the website of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. Even the deacons get a whole paragraph before the sisters. (Because they are men?) In these times, when nuns are…
Tagged with: Catholic Charities, Mitt Romney, Nuns on the Bus, Obama, Ryan Budget, Sr. Simone Campbell, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
Posted in Freedom of Religion, Healthcare, I BLOG, Justice, Nuns, Uncategorized, US Bishops, Vatican
Posted in Freedom of Religion, Healthcare, I BLOG, Justice, Nuns, Uncategorized, US Bishops, Vatican
An Authentically Dishonest Newt
Adult newts, we are told, have lizard-like bodies and may be either fully aquatic, living permanently in the water, or semi-aquatic, living terrestrially but returning to the water each year to breed. (Wikipedia) Newt Gingrich apparently has found his element…
Tagged with: Catholic, Gospel, Newt Gingrich, Obama
Posted in I BLOG, Politics and Religion, Religion
Posted in I BLOG, Politics and Religion, Religion
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