Putting all negative eggs in one pre-election basket

Dropping a class

Such promise in the title, "Radical Home Economics."  Last spring I met the enthusiastic young man who'd teach it.  Bummer.  "What did you expect with a man teaching?"  Reply, "More feminism, less ego and political rant."  My mistake. I'd expected thoughtfulness on updating for the 21st century an idea once revolutionary in the late 19th. 

Gun Control gets more personal

Up to now, I'd looked forward to the Portland State student paper.  Comes out on Tuesday and Thursdays.  Then last week read about a place I walk by often--though not at night--on their Crime Blotter:

Firearm theft: Oct. 7

Parking Structure 1
Officer JS was flagged down around 11:49 p.m. by a student who said his car had been broken into. His car was parked in Parking Structure 1 when two pistols, an assault rifle and 1800 rounds of ammunition were removed from the vehicle. Officer S referred the situation to the Portland Police Bureau.  

...and Gun Stores open here/there, everywhere... 

Hattie's Web links to news report from Hawaii:  record number increase in gun permits --15 percent over two years. 

New York Times refers to undecided women voters as "crucial subset" when they are simply clueless

 Thanks to Time Goes By for her own rant plus this terrific video for me and you.  Don't you wonder how women who think about what is important have become chopped liver, marginalized alongside this "crucial subset."  Who are they, I often wonder, and why have they given up ownership of themselves?