Another week in Washington brought another week of attacks on the poor.
The immoral budget proposed by Rep. Paul Ryan called for billions of dollars in cuts to poverty programs like Medicaid, food stamps, and other programs that feed hungry Americans and help those in need.
But here’s the kicker: Ryan’s destructive plan would increase the already bloated military budget by 20%.
Cuts for 'the least of these'. More money for bombs and guns. Sounds like a horrible plan, right? We think so. But the sad reality is that this budget actually passed in the House and was only narrowly defeated in the Senate.
Sojourner's magazine
Perfect order is the forerunner of perfect horror.
Carlos Fuentes (1928-2012) Mexican writer
I stalked her in the grocery store: her crown of snowy braids held in place by a great silver clip, her erect bearing, radiating tenderness, the way she placed yogurt and avocadoes in her basket, beaming peach like the North Star. I wanted to ask “What aisle did you find your serenity in, do you know how to be married for fifty years, or how to live alone, excuse me for interrupting, but you seem to possess some knowledge that makes the earth burn and turn on its axis—” but we don’t request such things from strangers nowadays. So I said, “I love your hair.”
"I Confess" by Alison Luterman
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