It’s been over three months since I last posted, which I believe is the longest I’ve gone without writing a post since I started this site back in 2017. The time has flown by. Preparing for the birth of your first child will do that to you, I suppose. But just before an election many view as one of the […]
In light of everything that’s happened in the United States of America over the past couple of months–stemming from an increasing awareness of the big picture of systemic racism and oppression in American history over the last 400 years–is it appropriate to celebrate the Fourth of July as Independence Day? A few people are asking that question. To some it […]
For the last week, social media has consisted almost entirely of the fallout from the horrific murder of George Floyd. When the need to talk about racial relations in America becomes glaringly evident, I’m never really sure what to say. Not because I don’t abhor racism and white supremacy in all its forms, but because it seems to me so […]
After a hotly contested election full of all the hostility we’ve come to expect from the American people these days, I wanted to express some quick scattered thoughts. The “blue wave” The blue wave was pretty underwhelming. Democrats won the races they had to to change the status quo, but not much more than that. At best, they met expectations […]
It’s in tumultuous times that we celebrate the 242nd birthday of the United States of America. Everywhere, people will be waving American flags, having barbecues, and watching fireworks; that much is certain. But underneath it all is a lot of negative sentiment about our country, too. A recent poll, in fact, showed that, for the first time this century, a […]
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