woody's world

About time to get pissed again. But first the good news: unemployment is below 9%, due mostly to the efforts of the DEMOCRATIC administrati...

I have written before that I have for decades had the feeling that I would die in the “dead” of winter. And, if I make it to spring, then I ...

The news from Libya and Bahrain continues to be bad and good. Bad because protesters are still on the streets and being killed by their gov...

A black man killed, burned to death in his shoe shop in 1964 by the KKK and a white man from the town where he died. If you haven’t heard o...

Well, there I was, sitting at the kitchen table looking out the two picture windows at dozens of birds feeding, several squirrels eating lef...

Ask any young Persian and you most likely will hear the same thing: Protest at your Peril. Killings, torture, long jail terms, severe beatin...

Heard a piece on NPR coming home tonight about the impact of the Egyptian uprising on the rest of the world. I thought “Yeah, I know. More u...

You can see from the picture how dorky the plastic sun shields look when hung from glasses. In the old days in Miami my buddies and I laughe...

“Drugged, raped, and pregnant? Too bad. Republicans are pushing to limit rape and incest cases eligible for government abortion funding.”(1)...

We all remember the discovery of Wilson, his invaluable companionship and council and we all remember the heart-breaking moment when he floa...