I don’t recognize my country anymore, and on this Independence Day, I’m having a hard time celebrating what it’s become. When my family was in the military in the 1960s—which is to say my father was a commander in the Navy at that time and we packed up and moved about every two years when […]
On my worst days, I feel that my atheism — a byproduct, no doubt, of my education and racial privilege — has cost me my place in this country. Donald Trump’s inaugural address broke from recent tradition in several ways, and was his most religious to date. His speech stressed unity and solidarity as the […]
He said he was going to win the nomination. He did. He said the polls were wrong. They were. He said he would win the election. Check. He’s revealed dozens of his dictator-type plans. It’s time to take the man at his word. Let’s get some things straight: 1. I am talking only to like-minded […]
Conversations can create more people who start to think and then, little by little, a new consciousness will take hold. In this country, in order, we have: Wealth privilege (Stuff’s easier if you have mad cash) Male privilege (Stuff’s easier if you’re a dude) White privilege (Stuff’s easier if you’re Caucasian) Beauty privilege (Stuff’s easier […]
