“A More Perfect Union”

Wildlife Photo of the day

A newborn zebra, 3 days-old and yet to be named, stands with its mother Yoko at a zoo in Lima, Friday, March 14, 2008. The baby zebra is the second zebra born in captivity in Peru.(AP Photo/Martin Mejia)

The Home Foreclosure Crisis Hurts Us All – Take Action

Pets Reported as Latest Victims in the Home Foreclosure Crisis

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Hi Shannah,
Losing a home is an emotional experience for anyone, but news sources now report that beloved companion animals are also being affected in the foreclosure crisis.
Cats, dogs and other pets are being left to fend for themselves when homeowners [...]

Darfur: more than words needed.

Hello Friends and Familia:
I have been trying to think of what to say in this e-mail for a while now, but I’m having a hard time finding something that I have not said about Darfur before.  There are new specifics and details, and the need for urgency is even greater, but words seem to not [...]

Tell Canada to end the seal hunt now

Tell Canada to end the seal hunt now

More voices

 Dear Shannah,
When Michelle and I decided to enter this race more than a year ago, one of our hopes was to bring people back into the political process.
Like so many Americans, we’d been exhausted and frustrated by the slash-and-burn politics that had come to dominate our elections. Smallness and pettiness were the rule, not the [...]

Turn up the Heat

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Turn Up The Heat on China
Expose China’s role in the Darfur genocide.
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The Sudanese government has stepped up its genocidal campaign in Darfur. We need [...]

Recipe of the day

Asian Chicken Salad

Scripture of the day

 Show me the right path, O Lord;
point out the road for me to follow.
5  Lead me by your truth and teach me,
for you are the God who saves me.
All day long I put my hope in you.
Psalm 25:4-5

Five Minutes

                                                     Five Minutes
I couldn’t sleep and I got out of bed because I had such a heavy feeling in my heart. I was thinking about my great-grandmother. I miss her so much. I only had one child before she died and now I have three. (I wrote her letters after my last two children were [...]