Tag Archives: soapbox

not right but better…

Posted on November 15, 2011 by Linnea Ashley

It wasn’t a happy conversation. My family gathered in the kitchen – a rare occurrence now that my sister and I are grown and gone from the house, her married with a family of her own. But there we were, … Continue reading →

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grace

Posted on July 4, 2009 by Linnea Ashley

i’m not a religious person so it may seem a strange thing to struggle with…but i was brought up in a religious family. and my ideals haven’t strayed far from where they started. so grace isn’t foreign to me. i … Continue reading →

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breast isn't best?

Posted on April 5, 2009 by Linnea Ashley

the thing is, i’m about choice…in its purest form. i’m not talking just when it suits me…but in general. i’m not advocating that i know the right decision for anyone. abortion…i don’t think everyone should get one, just those that … Continue reading →

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why i don't wear that dress anymore

Posted on January 10, 2009 by Linnea Ashley

“you sure did something to me when you spoke to me. i didn’t even need viagra. bam, through that brick wall back there.” the drums drowned out the competing music from some of the other stalls and it gave the … Continue reading →

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protest or riot

Posted on January 7, 2009 by Linnea Ashley

the thing is…it does more damage. not simply to property, although the blazing cars and crushed car and business windows show proof of that, but of lives. fourteen arrests so far and what does that mean for young brown people. … Continue reading →

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profiling

Posted on January 2, 2009 by Linnea Ashley

the rain wasn’t coming down hard but it was persistent. i draped my letter jacket, leather side down, on the soaking parking lot and squinted in the waning light looking for the locked lugnut so i could remove the flat … Continue reading →

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just like me?

Posted on December 26, 2008 by Linnea Ashley

I don’t think any politician is just like me. In fact, I pretty much assume that the lives they live are not just different but VERY different.   Point in fact, no one clamors to see me (let alone pays … Continue reading →

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Entry for October 02, 2008

Posted on October 2, 2008 by Linnea Ashley

"I know one thing: this is no time for further gambling. John McCain rolled the dice on Sarah Palin. I’m grateful to Bob Rice of Tangent Capital for pointing out that the actuarial risk, based on mortality tables, of Palin … Continue reading →

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female roles

Posted on July 30, 2008 by Linnea Ashley

Lately I’ve been having variations of the same conversation. The conversation is about relationships –male female possible marriage relationships. As the talks have all been with men I’ve known from anywhere between 10 and 21 years and not a woman … Continue reading →

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redemption?

Posted on June 7, 2008 by Linnea Ashley

i wasn’t sure she’d do it. wasn’t sure she could do it. hyperegotosis is a serious condition that appears to run in the clinton family (except maybe chelsea who i really like for some reason). but she did. and for … Continue reading →

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