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Women’s March 2018: Madrid
Around the world, millions of people marched, in part to demonstrate against the Trump administration, but mostly, and more profoundly, to proclaim solidarity with one another. It was a remarkable moment.
2017: How Will It Be A Better Year?
I don't do New Year's resolutions. I'm a big believer in personal change, I just don't put any stock in arbitrary time markers. We don't change because the calendar turns; we change because we make a choice to do so.
The View from Outside the World
Fear is a natural reaction to the unknown. Terror is the most basic response to what is going on the world, but compassion should be as well. Empathy and a desire to understand, these should be just as powerful emotions within all of us or our world will continue to deteriorate. We can't keep pretending that just because something happens on the other side of an imaginary line that we won't be impacted.
Torture and Justifications: The Lie of the ‘Bad World’
The world is not a bad place. It is not a perfect place, either, but Utopia is a fool's dream and justifying evil in its absence is, itself, an act of evil.
Sandy Hook Conspiracies and the Need for Order
Social networking is a miracle of technology, a tool of unprecedented global reach. Its power to connect is truly a wonder. Which is why it's so disheartening to see it used too frequently for the spread of misinformation and lies. Some of it is innocuous or so blatantly false that it barely warrants comment. But … Continue reading Sandy Hook Conspiracies and the Need for Order
The God Particle
"God Particle is Found" This is pretty exciting news if a) You're a science geek or b) You're an intelligent adult whose interest in reality doesn't end at the Jersey Shore. So, there, I just made it easy for half (more?) of you to skip past this post. Now, isn't this a more intimate affair? … Continue reading The God Particle
Obama Supports Same-Sex Marriage
There's not much I'm going to add to this video right now. I believe this to be a tipping point for the movement (the first standing President to support same-sex marriage) and very likely a re-awakening of enthusiasm for Obama's base. In the next few days, pundits will go back and forth debating what this … Continue reading Obama Supports Same-Sex Marriage
