rights Archives - Small Things Count https://smthingscount.com/tag/rights/ Making a More Loving World/Free Books Sun, 04 Jul 2021 22:43:21 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 Recommendation: Crip Camp https://smthingscount.com/2020/07/22/recommendation-crip-camp/ Wed, 22 Jul 2020 16:25:07 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=9483 I don’t often recommend movies or documentaries, but I think this one is worth watching. Full disclosure: I grew up with a disability (post polio),

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]]> Guns DO Kill People–in the Wrong Hands https://smthingscount.com/2019/08/05/guns-do-kill-people-in-the-wrong-hands/ Mon, 05 Aug 2019 14:49:39 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=8336 I’m not advocating taking people’s guns or rights away, but I am advocating for sensible laws and regulations (since it isn’t happening without them) that

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]]> A Day to Celebrate Being Human https://smthingscount.com/2018/12/10/a-day-to-celebrate-being-human/ Mon, 10 Dec 2018 18:03:22 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=7554 Seventy years ago today, in 1948, the U.N. adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. That’s pretty good–that many countries agreeing on something. With all the

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]]> Despite Law, Kids Can Avoid Vaccinations https://smthingscount.com/2015/07/01/despite-law-kids-can-avoid-vaccinations/ Wed, 01 Jul 2015 17:33:31 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=3918 My state, California, is mandating that all children be vaccinated before they can attend school.  This means that the 80,000+ kids who have claimed personal

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]]> I Marched With Martin https://smthingscount.com/2015/01/19/i-marched-with-martin/ Mon, 19 Jan 2015 19:08:57 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=3427 I marched with Martin Luther King, Jr., almost 50 years ago.  Not literally.  I watched the events unfold on our family’s black and white TV.

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]]> The Responsibility for Andy’s Death https://smthingscount.com/2013/10/25/the-responsibility-for-andys-death/ https://smthingscount.com/2013/10/25/the-responsibility-for-andys-death/#comments Fri, 25 Oct 2013 20:35:46 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=2187 Someone is to blame for the Sheriff’s shooting 13-year-old Andy Lopez, a kid out playing.  Here are the possible guilty parties: The 24-year veteran sheriff’s

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]]> https://smthingscount.com/2013/10/25/the-responsibility-for-andys-death/feed/ 2 Movie Review: “The Butler” https://smthingscount.com/2013/08/30/movie-review-the-butler/ Fri, 30 Aug 2013 21:53:05 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=2015 You MUST see the movie “The Butler.” It’s an historical drama based on the life of Eugene Allen, who spent 34 years as a White

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]]> Thoughtful Thursday: Words Our Country Must Remember https://smthingscount.com/2013/07/04/thoughtful-thursday-words-our-country-must-remember/ Thu, 04 Jul 2013 16:25:18 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=1823 “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that

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]]> Trees & “5 Broken Cameras” https://smthingscount.com/2013/02/22/trees-5-broken-cameras/ Sat, 23 Feb 2013 00:18:53 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=1282 The film 5 Broken Cameras woke me up.  I’ve had trouble understanding what’s going on in the Left Bank/Gaza region…until seeing this film.  Now I

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