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August 2020

August 27, 2020

Right Wing Christian, You’ve Told Me Why You Can’t Vote for a Democrat, Let Me Tell You Why I Can

I’m sick and tired of being guilted by conservative Christians for having empathy and compassion....

April 2020

April 20, 2020

The Christian Right is under siege by a pandemic of hypocrisy

As the Covid-19 pandemic lockdown drags into it's second month, the country is getting restless....

December 2019

December 15, 2019

An Open Letter to all the Conservative Christian Friends I’ve Unfollowed During the Coup

Dear friends and family that I've unfollowed recently, You won't be reading this directly off...

October 2019

October 10, 2019

I Dreamed I Was Dreaming

I dreamed I was dreaming when an unscrupulous, misogynistic, billionaire reality tv star announced his...

September 2019

September 25, 2019

Dear Donald, I’m Going to Miss You

Dear Donald, You may be surprised to hear this from me, given how much I've...

August 2019

August 23, 2019

Was Trump Just What America Needed?

Hopefully, the title of this article didn't cause you to have a stroke. Equally hopefully,...

April 2019

April 08, 2019

Social Media and the 24-Hour News Cycle is Depressing a Generation

Although it feels like it's been around forever, social media is a very new thing,...

March 2019

March 13, 2019

Empathy Mining’s Top 10 Most Popular Articles

From time to time, I like to dig back through the Empathy Mining archives and...

January 2019

January 30, 2019

Democrats Need to Pull Their Heads Out of Their Mascots and Focus on a Winning Strategy

Trying to support the Democratic Party can be quite vexing. I believe a progressive political...

January 24, 2019

We Should All Be Ashamed of Ourselves for the Covington Catholic Spectacle–ALL of Us

No laws were broken. Nobody got injured. But there were no winners. There is no...

October 2018

October 03, 2018

Someone is Lying

I wasn't planning to write on the Kavanaugh hearings, but then two things happened. First,...

August 2018

August 27, 2018

A Handy Voting Guide for Compassionate Christians

We are quickly approaching that season where churches across the nation will begin handing out...

June 2018

June 24, 2018

How Should Progressive Christians Feel about Sarah Sanders and the Red Hen?

Before I begin, I should come right out and admit that I don't know exactly...

June 02, 2018

Here Lies a Broken Christian

Ignorance, they say, is bliss. I never really bought into that old saying, but now...

March 2018

March 25, 2018

In God We Trust–Or, Maybe Not..

The state of Tennessee is in the headlines this week for a piece of legislation...

February 2018

February 27, 2018

The Evolution of Propaganda in America

Propaganda is everywhere. Whenever we turn on our televisions we are confronted with propaganda in...

February 20, 2018

Faith is a Shield, Not a Weapon

Faith is a mysterious and fickle thing. Everyone on earth puts their faith in something....

February 12, 2018

Conservative Christian Friends, Please Tell Me You Don’t Think Michelle Obama is a Man

I'm barely familiar with Alex Jones. I know he has a radio show and a...

November 2017

November 09, 2017

Hope is Rising in Trump’s America

It's been a full year now since that most unlikely of presidential elections in American...

October 2017

October 18, 2017

The Other Side of Hollywood: How Harvey Weinstein has Exposed the Reactionary Hypocrisy in Us All

I write for the Patheos Blue Channel. My articles often call out the Right. This...

September 2017

September 03, 2017

What a Utah Nurse’s Arrest Reveals About White Privilege

What is different about this case is the sort of people that are outraged by...

August 2017

August 21, 2017

Symptoms Change, Flare Up and Recede, but the Disease Remains the Same

My wife and I had an argument last night. We don't talk often about politics...

August 17, 2017

Trump’s Confederate Monument Tweets are Just Alt Right Dog Whistles

President Trump has been busy on Twitter lately. He is suddenly passionate about preserving our...

August 03, 2017

I’m tired and numbed by the constant noise of Trump’s America

With the passing of each new day, the news from the White House gets more...

July 2017

July 26, 2017

The Liberty Bell Curve: It’s Time for Centrists to Act

It's been said that we live in a post-truth nation wherein emotion trumps logic and...

July 16, 2017

Master Moves Made by the Far-Right Have Dominated the Game

Politics is a chess game--a cold-blooded, high-stakes, winner-takes-all game. For the past few years, the...

July 09, 2017

Left Undone

Most merciful God, I confess that I am by nature sinful and unclean. I have...

June 2017

June 19, 2017

Looking for Facts in the Wilderness of Truth Kudzu

Kudzu is an invasive vine that was introduced to the Southeastern U.S., in part,...