Renee Shur, Author at Occasional Planet

Florida stands its ground against media access to Stand Your Ground cases

Ah, Florida. You’ve got to love the originality of the place. First it comes up with the Stand Your Ground law. Now the state

It’s been a long hard winter here in the Northeast. Extreme cold fatigue set in months ago. Roadside piles of once-pristine snow have turned

Some call them the princess wars. I prefer calling them the pink wars. Princess or pink. Does it matter? When you’re blessed with giving

Speed up. Slow down. Block. Assuming that the above five words are nothing more than a description of Super Bowl tactics would be incorrect.

Recently I received an online solicitation for Valentine’s Day from a surprising source. It wasn’t from a florist or a greeting-card company. It came

I’m drawing up plans to construct an outrage meter. Granted, I’ve never seen one nor even heard of one before, but why should that

2013 was a mixed year for advocates of labeling GMO ingredients in our food. On the plus side, the movement gained visibility and succeeded

Are you paying attention, mainstream media? You’re just not doing your job. You’re avoiding coverage of the news we need. And you’re not even

Edward Snowden is back in the news with a story that the government may be considering offering him amnesty in exchange for return of

During his first inaugural address in 2008, President Obama made a sweeping pledge to undertake the task of turning our ship of state in