Resistance Is Necessary

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  • The ERA … because “Duh!”

    I watched a snippet of Patricia Arquette testing before Congress about the Equal Rights Amendment. In that minute-and-a-half, she said: I come here not as a constitutional lawyer but as…


  • A Note To The Dems on 2020

    This is our present situation: The US debt is beyond preposterous. There are children in cages. Some of the children that used to be in cages are… we don’t know.…


  • Basic Thoughts on Morality, Including In Politics

    I was talking with a friend of mine today, and we saw a military base and discussed radiation poisoning. I said to him, “Killing people always seems like a bad…


  • A Political Hierarchy Of Needs

    Years ago, Abraham Maslowe described a psychological “hierarchy of needs”, the idea being that people could only reach for the next thing after they had dealt with the developmental issues…


  • This Is Not America, This Is Not Christianity.

    I knew this moment was coming, but I never wanted it to arrive. “This moment” being some form of conflict at our southern border between armed troops and unarmed people…


  • The Possibilities Are Endless: An Advent Starter

    I was watching what amounts to a comedy round table this morning after watching a political round table show. Of course the comedy was better, but neither was too far…


  • (People With) Guns Kill

    This morning, I heard that there had been a mass shooting in Thousand Oaks, California. Because it was a mass shooting (20+ people), I assumed that there was an assault…


  • I Want An America That… (Why I’ll Vote November 6th)

    I just listened to Joe Biden giving a speech in Hartford, Connecticut and I’m feeling a little nostalgic and patriotic, so I thought I’d channel his energy to write this…


  • Existence Is Not Futile!

    There’s a story in the New York Times Thank says “Trans Category May Be Erased From Forms” if the Trump administration has its way. I am not amused, nor amazed…


  • Hidden Misunderstandings: Pain, Anger, Truth, and – Isms

    There’s a meme going around the internet that says, in essence, that women prepare for going into the world in a certain detailed way that attempts to protects them from…


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