Time for Thanks
I am actually surprised that some form of health care reform passed. That it was so close shows how entrenched big business (and many small businesses) are in the political process. Eventually 32 million more people will be insured. That leave 16 million uninsured & covering them is the next goal.
In Albuquerque, we have just had a sensational story about a young woman who stabbed to death a man along a trail in the foothills. She told that police that she was a Wiccan and had used a “Wicccan dagger” to kill the man, who she feared was going to rape her. No body in the local Pagan community (which includes Wiccans and other variation of modern Paganism) knew her.
She claimed that they were heading to a Wiccan Beltane celebration. However, this religious holiday happens around May 1, not March 22. A lot of us wrote to the various media and objected to the portrayal of this as a ritual murder.
Gradually the police agreed. Now this is just another murder case and the woman’s claim of self-defense will be considered on their own merits. The police chief acknowledged that no connection between the Wiccan religion and this woman could be established.
Two positive outcomes are good reason for being thankful at this time of year.