having our say

Women are taking center stage once again. In politics. At the Olympics. Uppermost in the news of today. It's about time! 

Female Last Supper #1 by Smetek

Long after the death of Leonardo da Vinci his art manages to still attract controversy. He left Italy, died and was buried in France - largely to escape prejudicial Italian politics, rumors of his homosexuality, and restrictions imposed by the Vatican on his art. 

Dav Vinci's The Last Supper

In particular his famous Last Supper has been infamously appropriated by the same Catholic Church that condemned the man, his art, and his life choices. 

my body | my choice

Once again, it's not politics, it's personal. My body, my choice. 

In the wake of the US Supreme Court leak of a draft opinion to overturn Roe v. Wade - the 1973 Roe decision legalizing abortion nationwide - many express doubts about whether the justices are guided by the law rather than by their political beliefs. 

© Kenny Holston for The New York Times

Protestors react outside the U.S. Supreme Court to the leak of a draft majority opinion written by Justice Samuel Alito preparing for a majority of the court to overturn the landmark Roe v. Wade abortion rights decision later this year, in Washington, Politico reports | Reuters

© Caitlin Ochs for The New York Times

Seeing the court as an increasingly political actor as they are losing touch with the real America and the real issues of Americans.

September sorrows

The infamous New York City Friday rush had been exacerbated even more by the 73rd United Nations general assembly. Turning NYC gridlock into a huge torturous tangled mass of traffic, maxed out on testosterone security paranoia.

Add a little rain to the mix & we have a grand mess.

This will be the UN Assembly forever remembered as the one where delegates laughed derisively at braggadocio Trump being his narcissistic worst on the world stage. Absolutely cringe worthy to all except himself.