A Kinder Gentler Nation

Tolerance fails T-shirt test

Brave, brave girl...
Catherine Vogt, 14, conducted an experiment in political tolerance at her Oak Park middle school and learned some valuable lessons. (Tribune photo by Nuccio DiNuzzo / November 12, 2008)

Want to make a change?

The Obama campaign has wasted no time in ensuring they continue their momentum - encouraging Americans to actively participate in their movement for change.

Behind the scenes with Barack

Super cool!

The Obama campaign posts an 82-picture Flickr set of candid shots from the night of the election. The Creative-Commons-licensed pics show the candidate and his family in their hotel room while the results were tallied, and then heading to the stage for his victory speech.

So it's come to this

I read an article in the NY Times today which addressed a societal problem that has bothered me for some time now - the pervasive lack of common courtesy amongst strangers. Here's a synopisis:

Op-Ed Contributor

All Apologies

By HENRY ALFORD

Published: November 10, 2008

I sometimes find strangers’ manners so lacking that I have started engaging in an odd kind of activism. I call it reverse etiquette: I supply the apology that they should be giving me.

I question the author's solution; however creative it may be. Still, I suggest you check out the full article.