You may believe that because Obama is now the democratic nominee for president that racism is dead. It isn't.

I've seen more than enough posts bashing those "older" HRC supporters.

My Mother was born in 1938. She was a child during WWII. She was a white woman and she married my black father in 1958. Many of her family members turned their backs on her. In the late 60's, my Mother joined the feminist movement.

CSA stands for Community Supported Agriculture.

It's a day late for Earth Day, but this will be short and sweet. CSA's reduce the distance that your food is transported, support family farms, and allow you to get organic or minimally treated produce at a reasonable price. CSA's also have the advantage of providing nutritional alternatives to low income communities and individuals where fresh vegetables are hard to find or afford.

The film "King Corn" will be aired on PBS this week. I'm looking forward to it. I love corn. I just don't like what we do with corn. In honor of "King Corn" I came up with some reasons to just say NO to corn.

What do the cost of food,  the food riots, overweight Americans, drug resistant disease and possibly the die off of bees all have in common?

Disclaimer: This is a biased post. I am pro small family farms and I am pro honey bees.  I belong to a CSA. I am a lifetime honey eater. I go through a large jar of the stuff every month. I am firmly opposed to High Fructose Corn Syrup.

Update: Here is a link to a more thorough diary on corn written earlier this week by CSI Bentonville: http://www.dailykos.com/...

Let me tell you a secret...

Many black people and many of us in between do not really believe that a black man can be elected as president in America. We don't think that America is ready.

Let that sink in.