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May 2017

May 13, 2017

As we watch Trump abuse and debase the office of president we see a spiritual problem unfolding: the loss of the American soul.

In Calvinism, the theological cult of an angry God in which I was raised, humans...

May 11, 2017

If Trump Was Your Cousin Would You Ever Ask Him to Care for Your Child or Grandchild Alone and Unsupervised For a Weekend?

We are being conditioned to chaos by Trump. Thank God he’s not caring for my...

May 09, 2017

We Will Resist the Trump Clan of Con Artist Crooks and Win: Here’s Why (Hint, History Is on Our Side Don’t Give Up)

Please WATCH my 6 minute video commentary on just why we Americans will win against...

May 05, 2017

Trump and the GOP “Pro-Life” Healthcare Abortion

Say you hate everyone but the super rich and wish to redistribute hundreds of billions...

May 02, 2017

Evangelicals Defend Trump, Fox News and Sexual Assault Because Evangelicals Would Rather “Protect the Lord’s Work” (And Their Own Legion of Predatory Abusers) Than Care For Victims

Institutions known for sexual assault (including child rape and spousal abuse) are mostly organizations closed...

April 2017

April 28, 2017

100 DAYS OF TRUMP (It’s Been More Like 100 Awful Years)

"His Presidency has become the demoralizing daily obsession of anyone concerned with global security, the...

April 27, 2017

Trump’s “Tax Plan” is A Saudi-Style Family Heist by the Most Corrupt Ruling Clan in the World

In his first 100 days Trump has failed at everything but one initiative: he's been...

April 26, 2017

Trump Voters Were Fact-Free and Now It Looks As If They Are Also Willingly Even Proudly Stupid: A New Poll Shows They’d Elect Trump– Again!

Trump voters have changed the old saying “Fool me once, shame on you; fool me...

April 25, 2017

Trump and the ‘Left Behind’ Evangelicals: How They Were Prepared To Vote for a Fool and (Maybe) Destroy the World

Jerry Jenkins and Tim LaHaye’s Left Behind series of sixteen novels represents everything that...

April 25, 2017

Free: Read a sample chapter from my new forthcoming book “Letters to Lucy”

"Letters to Lucy" is a multimedia project I've worked on for 3 years. Now...

April 24, 2017

Is Trump (Literally) A Madman?

As Trump melds TV-watching with Tweeting, in his warped flow of media-addled consciousness, he is...

April 21, 2017

What’s The “Conservative” Response Been to the Rash of Fox News-Sexual Predators? Silence.

When I grew up in the evangelical ghetto good manners about all things sexual were...

April 16, 2017

“How have you and you wife Genie stayed together for almost 50 years given that, quite frankly, Frank, you were once such an A-hole?”

"How can I make my relationships and my life work?" Hint: It isn't anything you'll...

April 15, 2017

My “Easter Sermon” and Video Rant: Trump is a symptom. We’re losing our souls…

Trump is a symptom. We’re losing our souls. Silicon Valley billionaires think they will live...

March 2017

March 28, 2017

“Dear Frank, While I was in therapy recovering from the literal brain damage I experienced due to evangelical fundamentalism plus incest”…

Hi Frank, While I was in therapy recovering from the literal brain damage I...

March 27, 2017

Here’s What I’ve Learned from the Experiences Offered by Life In General, And by Fatherhood and Grandparenthood In Particular: Beauty Matters More than Career

Once during a brief visit home while I was on a particularly travel-filled and arduous...

March 23, 2017

Imagine the HORROR of Trump-The-Untrustworthy Offering “Comfort” To Grieving Americans after a Terror Attack or Other Tragedy

When President W Bush sent my Marine son to war three times (2003-2004) I thought...

March 22, 2017

There’s Only One Way the Democratic Party Can Win Back the White House and Congress: Toss a Lit Match into the Gas Can of Trump Voters’ Perpetual Anger

Put it this way: How does one talk someone mired in irrational beliefs into...

March 20, 2017

America Dishonored

I had never thought about ancestry much until Trump was elected. His fanning the flames...

March 19, 2017

Do NOT Miss This Explosive NEW Well Made Documentary Exposé of Trump’s Slimiest Alt-Fringe Cohort – Steve Bannon (If you’re Not Horrified You Don’t Have a Heartbeat) WATCH

(Photo YouTube) Steve Bannon is the slimy Alt-Fringe delusional brain behind brain-less and unstable...

March 19, 2017

Don’t like Trump? Meet the 2 people who with their children (literally) put Trump in power

(Photo YouTube Rebecca Mercer, left, with her parents Robert and Diana Mercer) Don't like...

March 16, 2017

Trump Is President Because Too Many On the Left Put Faith in Late Night Comedy Rather Than Policy: Call This the Daily Show Epic Fail

The Daily Show was an epic fail: irony and snark lost to the reality...

March 15, 2017

I’m a white male in North America’s upper middle class

I’m a white male in North America’s upper middle class. This inglorious inheritance of slaveholders,...

March 08, 2017

Is Franklin Graham gay “but in a state of denial, self-loathing and shame?” asks John Allyn Welch

(Photo YouTube) Is Franklin Graham gay "but in a state of denial, self-loathing and shame?"...

March 05, 2017

Did you know… that in 1978 Steve Martin predicted Trump would someday become president and played him on THE MUPPET SHOW arriving at the oval office on Trump’s first day as Trump is welcomed by Steve Bannon: WATCH!

(Photo YouTube) Did you know... that in 1978 Steve Martin predicted Trump would someday become...

February 2017

February 25, 2017

Here Is the Best Piece I’ve Read on Why Susceptibility to fake news has its particular historical origin in Christian fundamentalism’s rejection of expert elites

(photo YouTube) Susceptibility to fake news has its particular historical origin in Christian fundamentalism’s rejection...

February 23, 2017

It’s Now Clear: White Evangelicals Unleashed a Wave of Jew-Hatred Bigotry and Lies: Trump Is Fulfilling the Worst Case Scenario — American Jews, Hispanic Christians, Gay Moms and Dads Are in Real Danger

Trump is unleashing a wave of Jew-hating. White evangelical voters are now responsible for an...

February 19, 2017

Did you vote for Trump? Congratulations: WATCH this and then put your hand on a Bible and swear you are still happy…

(Photo YouTube) As Kali Holloway notes in AlterNet even among the right-wing ideologues doing the...

February 05, 2017

Can the black church rescue Jesus’ reputation from Trump? AME to the Rescue!

Can the black church rescue Jesus' reputation from Trump? Maybe. At least the African Methodist...

February 04, 2017

The blasphemy of this picture — if you are a believing Christian — is clear. Here’s Trump as the 2nd “Apostle Paul” of white supremacist fascist theocracy

Imam Trump? Is this what we've come to? American Evangelical Sharia Law? Total theocracy? ...

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