I have a friend who is a bit more conservative than I am. He recently posted a lengthy critique of my political views using the rhetoric of Fox News. Normally I don’t respond to those sorts of arguments because I consider them so obviously lacking in merit that I let… Continue reading
If we spend our lives waiting for that big chance to live out that hope, the opportunity for us to make a “real” difference, we miss the thousands of moments where we could have taken just a tiny bit of hate, anger, bigotry, or ignorance out of the world and replaced it with a little kindness, grace, or wisdom. Continue reading
I don’t know if you believe in Christmas Or if you have presents underneath the Christmas tree, But if you believe in love, That will be more than enough For you to come and celebrate with me. – Noted theologian Kermit the Frog (using the words of Dan Wheetman)… Continue reading
Following the Facebook, Twitter, and old media discussions of the 2012 presidential election results has led me to an unsurprising conclusion: many Republicans, including some of my friends, are horrified that President Obama has won. Considering the tenor of the race, I expected as much. What confuses me in reading… Continue reading
I am unashamedly a partisan in our current political debates. I think we have two major political parties in this country: a conservative one and a far-right party controlled by anachronistic theocrats and billionaire robber barons. I would love to have an actual, “liberal” party here, but I think it… Continue reading