by Pat Hartman | Jun 25, 2012 | Uncategorized
On June 15, the corpse of Valerie Louise Godoy was found in a wooded area of Austin, Texas. At the age of 34, she was killed by “significant blunt force trauma,” not to the head, which might at least be quick, but to the body, which sounds like a miserable way to go....
by Pat Hartman | Jun 5, 2012 | Uncategorized
Memorial Day should be every day, because to forget the people and events of the past is to wallow in stupidity. In other words, ignoring makes us ignorant. One thing that must not be ignored is the existence of an enormous number of homeless military veterans....
by Pat Hartman | Feb 14, 2012 | Uncategorized
Last week, Richard R. Troxell of House the Homeless accepted the invitation from Austin’s CultureMap to contribute to a special editorial series called “Imagine Austin’s Future.” The best thing to do is just read “How to end homelessness in Austin: A plan”...
by Pat Hartman | Nov 8, 2011 | Uncategorized
The book we see over on the right-hand side of the page here, Looking Up at the Bottom Line, is really several books in one. It’s kind of an activist-how-to manual, as well as a history of the struggle for social justice as carried out (non-violently and always...
by Pat Hartman | Sep 27, 2011 | Uncategorized
“This screams for Living Wages,” was the reaction of Richard R. Troxell on learning about a study about child abuse, conducted by Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh and three other children’s hospitals, and we will return to that remark presently. The study in...
