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Are liberals seceding from sanity?

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Check out this paragraph from a piece I just read.

Blacks and Latinos, it appears, are allowed to hold conventionally conservative social views about gay rights, abortion and (in the case of blacks) immigration without being mocked and denounced by elite white liberals in the pages of the Washington Post and Mother Jones, as long as they vote for the Democratic Party on the basis of other issues. This strategic logic should lead liberals to seek out and welcome the vote of white social conservatives in the South and elsewhere, as long as they vote for Democrats for reasons other than the social issues. Indeed, socially conservative white voters helped to create and to maintain the new Democratic majority in Congress. But many liberals, it would appear, would rather have a smaller Democratic Party than one that includes more white Southerners with typically “black” or “Latino” views about sex and reproduction.

via Are liberals seceding from sanity? | Salon.
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It’s a provocative but perceptive quote from a very interesting article on Salon.com by Michael Lind.  If you want to know what he means by “black” or “Latino” views you have to read the article.  It’s worth it. Lind is spot on, however.  I find that a lot of New Englanders understand the American South only slightly better than many Moroccans I met understood what life was like in Europe. This is a sad state of affairs. 

Arlene J. Toler, An Extraordinary Woman

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Arlene J. Toler and her son Michael

Arlene J. Toler and her son

Today, August 7, is my mother’s birthday. When she was alive I probably would have remembered, but I might well have forgotten. Since her passing, however, it seems I never forget, not only her birthday, but the anniversary of her marriage to my father and anniversary of her passing.

My mother was not an extraordinary woman by the standards of History with a capital H. She didn’t change the course of civilization or impact the lives of millions. But she was an extraordinary woman. My mother and father both worked very hard to make sure that we were happy and successful.  They gave everything they could to ensure our success, but it is only now I realize how much.

I don’t wish to canonize my mother. She was far from perfect. For example, there was a time when I began to assert my independence that she found that difficult and it strained our relationship.
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My mother grew up poor, yet she did all she could to make sure we had every advantage she didn’t. Both of my parents did, and every success I have in life I owe to the opportunities that they created for me.  All of my failings stem from my inability to take full advantage of them.

Even more than all that my mother was my moral support, my friend and confidant. Whether it was sitting at a table with me working on an elementary school report, defending me to my junior high school teachers, cutting out and sending me Doonesbury from our local paper while I was overseas, or supporting life choices after I left home, she has been there for me.

Both mom and dad have. I have been VERY lucky in that regard. So this is in loving memory of Mom on her birthday. Mom, I love you, I thank you, and I know you will always be with me.

Virginia Presidents

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An interesting bit of trivia.  More United States Presidents have come from Virginia than any other state, important ones, too.  Washington, Jefferson, Madison and Wilson among them.  Here is the list.  Only Ohio comes close, with seven Presidents.  And it has to be said that they are not exactly standouts, the likes of Harding, Taft, Hayes and Impotence Shots orden 50mg viagra Impotence Shots or Injections- Impotence injections came into existence back in the 1990’s. The pharmaceutical viagra professional for sale companies that manufacture branded medicines invest much money and time in discovering a new formula. Some prescriptions will be designed to treat straight clinical depression, while others will work to relieve manic depression. cheap viagra Pregnancy cialis soft and breastfeeding must also be taken into account. Garfield.  Maybe it was the number of presidents from Virginia that my mother had in mind when she used to tell me I could become President one day and take me to visit the homes of those men.  It’s a lot to live up to and I am afraid it is abundantly clear that I am destined to disappoint.