Resistance Is Necessary

Saving What’s Important

  • The Other Beautiful America

    I have always loved what America has the ideals to be.  As my friend Jen apparently knows as a history teacher, those ideals can be found somewhere between the Magna…


  • The Proof Is In the Pudding.

    I’m writing this because some internet troll got under my skin this morning, so I wanted to fall back into facts, not opinions. I don’t have to “spin” opinions about…


  • The Budget And The Reality of The Math

    We hear, in this budget bill, and in daily news, “Millions” and “Billions” and, at times “Trillions” of dollars to be spent, cut, wasted, made, etc….. In all of that,…


  • Birthright Citizenship in the Kingdom of God

    I just attended a Bible Study on the book of Acts , particularly as it apples to LGBTQ+ people and the expanse of Christianity from being an exclusive sect of…


  • 95 Theses For The White House Door

    [This essay was begun before the 100th day in office of this president. On that day, one of my favorite senators, Sen. Elizabeth Warren described 100 acts of corruption by…


  • OK, Republicans… You’re Up.

    I hear you folks are anti-science now, and anti-education as well, but I have a question for you: If a plane starts at 20,000 feet in the air and suddenly…


  • “When The Revolution Comes…”

    When I was in college, we used to say “When The Revolution Comes”…the world is going to look like this and we’d list off all kinds of things we hoped…


  • No Budget Without People!

    That title makes no sense by itself, so let me explain: That’s not what I’m talking about. What I’m talking about is goals and representation.. Lincoln didn’t talk about “of…


  • I Serve At The Pleasure of The Lord

    I just heard Rev. William Barber preach at the Super Saturday Conference of my denomination and I want to get this out while the Spirit remains strong. There is a…


  • Prove Me Wrong, Please… (In Time For The State of The Union )

    Donald Trump lies. A lot. He cannot be trusted ever. Kash Patel lied at his hearing. The measles outbreak will get worse. DOGE is not about saving money. It’s a…


  • If The People Lead, The Leaders Will Follow

    Years ago, when I was involved in the anti-nuke movement, there was a saying that struck me as off-kilter. Later as a family systems therapist, I understood the problem with…


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