Today I attended a press conference in support of the the Medical Aid in Dying Act for 2017 (S.3151/A.2383), a bill to give New Yorkers the option to make end-of-life healthcare decisions that are right for them in the final stages of a terminal illness.
This was a gathe...
From this week’s Torah portion Sh'mot — Exodus chapter 1, verses 6-12:
6וַיָּ֤מָת יוֹסֵף֙ וְכָל־אֶחָ֔יו וְכֹ֖ל הַדּ֥וֹר הַהֽוּא׃
Joseph died, and all his brothers, and all that generation.
7וּבְנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל פָּר֧וּ וַֽיִּשְׁרְצ֛וּ וַיִּרְבּ֥וּ וַיַּֽעַצְמ֖וּ בִּ...
This is the first egg I have found in the chicken coop in a month or two. The laying is regulated primarily by light, which affects what must be an incredibly tiny pituitary gland in the chickens brain, and it drops off drastically after the equinox. In my own experience,...
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I originally wrote this on Nov 11, 2016, 3 days after the election.
If you or your family does not feel safe, how can I help?
If members of your community are afraid, how can I help?
If bad things are happening here in our local area, how can I help?
If you are attacked ...
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The funny thing is, the way I'm thinking right now, there aren't enough white men and women in this photo. Especially in a rally promoting "Our Diversity is Our Strength -- Stand United with Muslims & Immigrants." (Saturday, Dec 3, 2016, 2pm. Meet at Townsen...
If you’re not familiar with “Dykes to Watch Out For," which Alison Bechdel published for 25 years until 2008, you are in for a treat. Alison writes,
Since I stopped drawing Dykes to Watch Out For at the tail end of the Bush administration, people have asked me many t...
Rock is something that Israel and Palestine has enough of. Wood, not much. Water, enough if used carefully, in part because desalination is changing the equation, and has potential to bring much-needed good to the whole region. According to this article, the political co...
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