Daily Archives: 02/14/2012

(Community Matters) from my dearest friend Sonya Cohen Cramer

(Community Matters) ughh, I feared this retaliation for what was likely Israeli car attacks on Iranian nuclear scientists. Imagine its very likely Iran was behind the New Delhi & Georgia attacks as payback. I’m not arguing against preventing Iranian nuclear arming, just bemoaning the war – whether overt or covert it is/will be one.

Andrew Sullivan, Is Israel a Sponsor of Proxy Terrorism?

(Community Matters) Are you fricking kidding me? I respect that there are two sides to the argument on choice, but anyone who wants to roll back a woman’s or man’s access to contraception is a out of touch and too radical to be taken seriously. Of course any families can choose not to use contraception. If you’re unfamiliar with the gains in women’s rights, education levels, the overwhelming benefits to society, to families, as a result of the introduction of reliable contraception, then you really should read up.

In retrospect, the invention of contraceptives was as fundamental for the evolution of humankind as the invention of the wheel.

I love the idea of using this as a political wedge issue.

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