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Should I Be a Better Person? Or Just Let My Kids Be Worse…?
I am a good person. Although this, I must admit, is a subjective fact coming from a biased source: me. At the very least I try to be a good person. But do I? Do I really? Some days I start to think about the lessons I consistently try to impart to my children, and I […]
A Disposable Culture, or, They Took My High School Mascot Away
On Wednesday evening a vote took place at my old high school. The same vote had been held two years ago and the issue was soundly defeated. Not this time. My high school has voted to get rid of its team name of over 55 years. Students at my alma mater will no longer be […]
Partisan Parenting
How’s the political world treating you these days? Do you feel as though the “other side” is working with a completely different set of facts? Do you feel as though “they” have constructed their own reality and will do whatever it takes to protect it? Do they make no sense and refuse to acknowledge clear […]
Deport Them All
I’ve seen it over and over again. On Twitter. In the comments. On Facebook. This idea that it would be better to stop an entire group of people from being in this country because, well, some of them are dangerous. Some of them are criminals. And this is true. Even with a vetting process that […]
Why We Marched, and Why You Should Be Angry About It
On Saturday, 4 million people around the world marched in what was the largest peaceful protest in the history of the planet. And we were there. My wife, my daughter, my son and I made signs, packed snacks, and drove to the state capitol to stand up for something. But what? You know what? Let […]