Puerto Ricans are human. That ought to be enough for us to help them after a natural disaster. People who live in the U.S. Virgin Islands, who I never hear…
I’m sitting here on Christmas Eve trying to get all jazzed for Service tonight, and Christmas tomorrow and I keep thinking about President Trump and the current set of Republicans…
I listen to two podcasts most days as I drive to and from work: last night’s Rachel Maddow for about an hour and that morning’s Morning Joe. This amounts to…
As a therapist, I have wanted to write this piece for a while now, but I didn’t want to seem like I was “mansplaining”. Even now, I wonder, but I…
And behold, in the first year of the Trump administration, a pundit asked Jesus “Who is the strongest political candidate in the race… is it the one whose base watched…
I frequently tell clients that they know what they see and feel. America, you know what you see and feel. All of you. American government does not work. It hasn’t…
There is a new story in the Huffington Post that talks about Harvey Weinstein, a Hollywood producer, and his alleged history of sexual assault and/or sexual harassment. The headline says…
There is a new story in the Huffington Post that talks about Harvey Weinstein, a Hollywood producer, and his alleged history of sexual assault and/or sexual harassment. The headline says…
Hear these words from the prophet Jeremiah, Chapters 11 and 12 “The Lord said to me, “Proclaim all these words in the towns of Judah and in the streets of…
“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” —George Santayana I’ve got news for Mr. Santayana: we’re doomed to repeat the past no matter what. That’s what…
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