Tag Archives: Illinois

As Darkness Descends

Posted on August 26, 2020 by Callen Harty

Yesterday morning a friend of mine posted a warning on Facebook. There was an event page hosted by a militia group called Kenosha Guard. The event was “Armed Citizens to Protect our Lives and Property.” The event page asked if … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged arms, Black lives matter, Blue Lives Matter, citizen, community members, demonstrators, Facebook, fan kid, gun, gun rights activists, Illinois, Jacob Blake, Kenosha, Kenosha Guard, media, militia, murder, National Guard, opinion, patriots, police, protesters, race, racist, right-wingers, rioting, self-defense, shooting, victim, vigilantes, weapon, Wisconsin | Leave a comment

Gunfire

Posted on September 1, 2019 by Callen Harty

Gunfire The sound of distant gunfire draws nearer as bodies drop one after another after another after another after the sound of rapid-fire gunfire shatters the air and airwaves again; guns glinting in sunlight moonlight man-made light. Darkness has fallen … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged America, bodies, bullets, Colorado, Columbine, condolences, country, darkness, First Baptist, Florida, gunfire, guns, Harvest, Illinois, killing, love, nation, news, Odessa, Oregon, Parkland, pulse, Sandy Hook, sorrow, Texas, Virginia Tech | Leave a comment

Letter to Attorney General-Elect Josh Kaul

Posted on November 27, 2018 by Callen Harty

Dear Attorney General-Elect Kaul, Back on August 21, I sent the e-mail below urging an investigation of clergy abuse in Wisconsin to both the current Attorney General and the Dane County District Attorney. I did not hear back from either … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged abuse, adult survivors, Attorney General, Attorney General-Elect Kaul, Bishop Morlino, Catholic Church, children, clergy abuse, Connecticut, Dane County District Attorney, Diocese of Madison, Diocese of Milwaukee, Father William Nolan, gay, grand jury, Illinois, Josh Kaul, justice, Kentucky, Missouri, molesters, Nebraska, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, perpetrators, priests, scout leaders, statute of limitations, survivor, teachers, victims, Wisconsin, Wyoming | Leave a comment

Christmas Reflection

Posted on December 9, 2016 by Callen Harty

Last night as I was driving home under the stars on tops of evergreen trees and past lights behind frosty windows I thought of my mother and I cried. She is old now, bedridden and infirm, somehow staying alive when … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged adults, Benton, children, Christmas, country, Darlington, downtown, Dubuque, food, friends, Hanover, holidays, ice cream, Illinois, Irish, laughter, life, light, lights, love, Madison, memories, Mom, Monroe, mother, relatives, Scrabble, shopping, single mother, stubbornness, tears, trees, Yahtzee | 1 Comment

The Arresting Case of Amy Goodman

Posted on October 17, 2016 by Callen Harty

Journalist Amy Goodman of Democracy Now was arrested last month for reporting on the protests against the Dakota Access Pipeline. Today the charges against her were dismissed, but that is no reason for journalists and others who treasure the right to … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Act 10, Amy Goodman, Baher Azmy, Bill McKibben, Bismarck, burial sites, Capitol, Center for Constitutional Rights, Constitutional scholars, Dakota Access Pipeline, Democracy Now, destroying evidence, District Attorney, drinking water, Enbridge, Energy Transfer Partners, First Amendment, freedom of the press, Green Party, Illinois, Iowa, Jill Stein, journalists, justice system, Ladd Erickson, Lizzy Ratner, Madison Wisconsin, mainstream media, Missouri River, National Guard, Native Americans, New Yorker, North Dakota, Phillips 66, protest, protest area, Rebecca Kemble, resisting arrest, riot, riot police, Sacred Stone Camp, Scott Walker, Shailene Woodley, South Dakota, spill, Standing Rock Sioux, Sunoco, The Nation, The Progressive, water protectors, Wisconsin Uprising, wrongful arrests | Leave a comment

The Dennis Hastert Truth in Sentencing Act

Posted on June 9, 2015 by Callen Harty

From Matthew 23: Then Jesus said to the crowds and to his disciples: 2 “The teachers of the law and the Pharisees sit in Moses’ seat. 3 So you must be careful to do everything they tell you. But do not do … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged abortion, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Barack Obama, Bible, Bill Clinton, Bill Maher, capital crime, child molesters, Clarence Thomas, Daily Kos, Dennis Hastert, drug dealers, hate crimes, hush money, hypocrites, Idaho, Illinois, incest, Jeb Bush, Jesse Ventura, Jesus, Jim Bob Duggar, Josh Duggar, Larry Craig, LGBT rights, Matthew:23, Minneapolis, Monica Lewinsky, Moses, Pharisees, Republican, same-sex marriage, Speaker of the House, statute of limitations, truth in sentencing, war on drugs, Washington Post | Leave a comment

What It’s Like to Be Gay in America Today to Me

Posted on November 5, 2013 by Callen Harty

The last few days have brought some really great news for queer America, but it has to be tempered with the reality of living life as a gay man–or lesbian, bi, trans, or other alternative orientations and ways to express … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged bi, Chuck Hagel, Constitutional amendment, David Clarenbach, District of Columbia, Don't Ask Don't Tell, employment discrimination, Employment Non-Discrimination Act, ENDA, gay, gay marriage, gay rights, gender, gender expression, House of Representatives, Illinois, integration, John Boehner, lesbian, LGBT, Marquette University Law School, marriage equality, military, orientation, Pat Quinn, Pentagon, post-homophobic America, post-racial America, queer America, Russia, same-sex marriage, Senate, Supreme Court, trans, Uganda, West Point, Wisconsin | Leave a comment

How Can We Keep from Singing

Posted on August 13, 2013 by Callen Harty

For two and a half years singers have been meeting at the Wisconsin Capitol rotunda to sing songs of protest against the Scott Walker administration and the slew of conservative legislation that has passed with the right-wing control of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged "How Can I Keep from Singing", "Will the Circle Be Unbroken", arrest, Badger Care, Canada, Capitol Police, conservative, Democratic party, Diane Hendricks, divide and conquer, government, homeless shelter, hope, Illinois, legislators, Medicaid, oppressors, Paul Ryan, peaceful protest, Philippines, protest, regime change, Republicans, right-wing, rotunda, Ryan Wherley, Scott Walker, singers, Solidarity Sing Along, truth to power, unions, unlawful assembly, We Shall Overcome, Wisconsin, Wisconsin Capitol | 12 Comments

Lake Monona Water Walk

Posted on July 9, 2012 by Callen Harty

About a year ago I first heard of some Native American grandmothers walking through Wisconsin to raise awareness of water issues. At the time I was busy and could not consider trying to catch even a small part of it. Yet, … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged All Nations, All Nations Drum, all traditions, Anishinabe, Art Shegonee, blessings, drum, drumming, Grandmother Josephine Mandiman, Great Lakes, Illinois, Lake Monona, Lake Monona Water Walk 2012, Lake Nipigon, Madison, Marshall Norman, Menominee, Michael Schuler, Misha Dancing Waters, Mississippi River, Monona, resources, Sandra Rybachek, Selena Fox, water, Water Walk, William Waterway Marks, Wisconsin | 2 Comments