Stepping Aside

Note: My blog contains affiliate links/ads from advertisers from which I may earn advertising commissions. I’m so glad President Obama signed the expanded version of the Violence Against Women Act into law. It provides needed support for survivors that they READ MORE

Note: My blog contains affiliate links/ads from advertisers from which I may earn advertising commissions. VAWA passed this week. I would like to think that our collective voices standing up for women’s  rights helped. I felt better doing so, and READ MORE

Note: My blog contains affiliate links/ads from advertisers from which I may earn advertising commissions. Well, VAWA is headed to the President’s desk for signing.  286 Yes and 138 No.  You can guess who the no votes were from.  But READ MORE

Note: My blog contains affiliate links/ads from advertisers from which I may earn advertising commissions. I just read an article about a couple in Arizona who have medical cannabis cards and then flagrantly violated state law to open a “bakery” READ MORE

Note: My blog contains affiliate links/ads from advertisers from which I may earn advertising commissions. There’s something wrong with these governors who want to put probes in my vagina.  And now, Mike Pence, the new governor of Indiana wants to READ MORE

Note: My blog contains affiliate links/ads from advertisers from which I may earn advertising commissions. I guess Melissa Harris-Perry stepped in it when she took issue with President Obama’s seemingly connecting single moms and, in turn, the lack of dads, READ MORE

Note: My blog contains affiliate links/ads from advertisers from which I may earn advertising commissions. I recently joined Unite Blue and OneBillionRising, two organizations which are both concerned with progressing forward in our society and around the world.  And you READ MORE

Note: My blog contains affiliate links/ads from advertisers from which I may earn advertising commissions. Of course they’re all Republicans: Pat Roberts (KS) Marco Rubio (FL) Jeff Sessions (AL) Mike Johanns (NE) Ron Johnson (WI) Mike Lee (UT) Mitch McConnell READ MORE

Note: My blog contains affiliate links/ads from advertisers from which I may earn advertising commissions. I’ve been thinking about how prescription drugs cause more problems than they seem to treat or cure. It seems odd that I have to take READ MORE

Note: My blog contains affiliate links/ads from advertisers from which I may earn advertising commissions. Please attend the hearing to add PTSD to the Oregon Medical Marijuana Program’s list of qualifying conditions.  It will be held on Thursday, February 7th READ MORE

Note: My blog contains affiliate links/ads from advertisers from which I may earn advertising commissions. This is one of those moments when I look around and I really don’t understand what’s happening.  I’ve been dealing with some really dishonest people READ MORE

Note: My blog contains affiliate links/ads from advertisers from which I may earn advertising commissions. StopTheDrugWar.org is reporting that Oregon has a bill before the state legislature that would re-schedule cigarettes to Schedule III and require a doctor’s prescription to READ MORE

Note: My blog contains affiliate links/ads from advertisers from which I may earn advertising commissions. Republican State Rep. Cathrynn Brown introduced House Bill 206 in the New Mexico legislature to criminalize rape/incest victims when seeking an abortion after being raped. READ MORE

Note: My blog contains affiliate links/ads from advertisers from which I may earn advertising commissions. I posted a picture on my Facebook page entitled 15 Things to Give Up.  It’s essentially a list of behaviors that many of us engage READ MORE

Note: My blog contains affiliate links/ads from advertisers from which I may earn advertising commissions. I just finished reading an article in Huffington Post from cannabis activist Russ Belville about Patrick Kennedy’s new program called SAM – Smart Approaches to Marijuana. READ MORE