Molly Secours

Dear Kim Jong-il, Roses are Red Plutonium is scary Get rid of your weapons And we’ll give you a boat load of oil Sorry it doesn’t rhyme, but Tony Snow insists he doesn’t ‘do’ poetry and Laura was a bit miffed that I was penning a Valentines Day ditty for someone other than her and…

This week, so much has been said about the death of beloved NY Times columnist Molly Ivins, a conscious, confrontational and passionate voice that will be dearly missed. As a writer, who has been inspired and goaded by Ivins to always ask ‘what don’t people want to see’?, this column is devoted to her. On…

Just when we thought some of the big boys in the White House were obsessed only with war and profits abroad, we find out that they also find ‘broads’ warring right here at home even more disturbing–if not intriguing. Especially when it diverts our attention away from a brutal invasion which has ignited a multi…

It may be the result of living in Nashville too long but this morning while while listening to early NPR reports about the latest U.S. bombings in Somalia, more death and mayhem in Iraq and President Bush’s “new way forward” (more troops and money) , I found myself humming lyrics from Tammy Wynette’s blockbuster hit…

Bad News got you down during the holidays? Tired of hearing the latest depressing statistics from the U.S. Census Bureau reporting that last year more than a million Americans joined the ranks of those living in poverty and that of the thirty-nine million people living in poverty, that a third are children– yes, right here…

Nearly 50 years ago, the legendary comedian Groucho Marx puffed on a cigar while raising his eyebrows and joking “I refuse to join any club that would have me as a member” and the world laughed at the absurdity (and irony) of his declaration. Just as absurd, but not as amusing, is insisting that you…