Both conservatives and liberals want the same thing, a safe place to live their lives and thrive. The difference is in approach. Conservatives want that process mediated at a local level, particularly by themselves. They want the maximum freedom to be in charge of how they conduct their lives and business so they can ensureContinue reading “What liberals and conservatives want”
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On Christianity, liberalism, Trump, and Women
It is very sadly the case that in this particular area of moral concern, that of treating women with respect and validating their hurts and fears and injustices against them, that Christians have not been leading the way lately in the public eye, but have generally been observed to be on the defending side, protectingContinue reading “On Christianity, liberalism, Trump, and Women”
Some thoughts on whether we need laws
There seems to be some odd idea that a nation is some sort of distinct thing apart from the people who make it up. A nation is nothing but the sum of its people. When the people are gone, it is gone. We create structures, physical, legal, structural. But those structures are merely the expressionContinue reading “Some thoughts on whether we need laws”
On frustration with partisanship
I’ve been thinking about this subject a lot lately, but had decided not to post about it for fear of all the potential anger and stone throwing it might illicit. I’ve made a certain criticism many times that people see the world in too simplistic of terms. They can’t seem to separate in their mindsContinue reading “On frustration with partisanship “
Me too?
I never realized until today how much I hate the “stop hitting yourself” game. Apparently so much that I forbid my children from playing it. My daughter must have learned it at school. And it brought up a surprising amount of resentment and hatred in me. Generally speaking, I don’t find fun in any typeContinue reading “Me too?”
On race and being American
It always did seem so weird to me when you would read certain older books and realize Italians weren’t considered white. And I still genuinely don’t get how anyone, including white supremacists, can not consider Jewish people white. They’re, like, the heroes of white people. Educated, industrious, wealthy, funny, fashionable, well established and influential inContinue reading “On race and being American”
Tricky modern terms
The tricky thing about using terms like “marginalized” or “disenfranchised” to describe certain groups of people who aren’t doing as well as some other people, is that it ends a discussion that perhaps needed to be had before the current discussion could even begin. By labeling them as marginalized or victimized or disenfranchised, you’ve alreadyContinue reading “Tricky modern terms”
Making Nobody Happy 