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March 2019

March 14, 2019

Episode 1 of The Empathy Mining Podcast

Episode 1 is posted below. This episode hits on the mission of the Empathy Mining...

March 13, 2019

Introducing the Empathy Mining Podcast

Big news from the Empathy Mine...we’re starting a podcast! Look for the first episodes to...

March 13, 2019

Christian Trump Supporter, How Will You Defend Trump’s Budget Cuts?

Christian Trump supporter, have you seen the budget that President Trump is proposing? Do you...

March 12, 2019

Donald isn’t looking too good, and I’m not feeling so great myself

I must admit, as I sit down to write this, I'm not exactly sure where...

March 10, 2019

The Trump Cult’s Sin of Nationalism

It's becoming clearer by the day that the Trump's biggest remaining support base--right wing, fundamentalist...

March 04, 2019

It’s a Wonderful Life: Social Justice Warrior Version

Most everyone is familiar with the classic Christmas movie, It's a Wonderful Life. In that story, the...

February 2019

February 28, 2019

6 Random Thoughts on the Cohen Hearing

I was at work during the Michael Cohen testimony, so I didn't get to watch...

February 24, 2019

Faith and the Pursuit of Happiness

"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they...

February 19, 2019

Good Works Are Not an Excuse to Deny Rights to Others

The debate about salvation, faith, and good works is as old as denominational Christianity. In...

February 17, 2019

The “Sin” of Liberalism

Look at that guy sitting in the pew over there. Who does he think he’s...

February 14, 2019

If It’s Not Careful, the Far Left Will Eat Its Own

Lately, there has been a topic frequently churning around in my head. I've written several...

February 12, 2019

There are Lives in the Balance

Note: This is the third in a series of articles I'm writing about songs that...

February 11, 2019

There Are Some Things for Which I Need to Publicly Thank Donald Trump

Dear President Trump, In the last few years, I've written a lot about you. I'm...

February 08, 2019

An American Tree

I’ve been here for a long time I couldn’t say how long Time means little...

February 07, 2019

Pride Has a Way of Holding Too Firm To History–America’s Unquenchable “Wildfire”

Note: This is the first in a series of articles I'm writing about songs that...

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 28, 2019

Politics Isn’t Killing Us, Confirmation Bias Is

This piece was inspired by the reaction to my last one. Last week, I wrote...

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...

January 18, 2019

Gotta Give Trump Credit for Helping to Honor His Campaign Promise to Drain the Swamp…But the Joke is on Him

One of the most popular refrains from Donald Trump's campaign was the slogan, "Drain the...

January 16, 2019

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January 14, 2019

Go West, Young Man: One Man’s Long Strange Journey toward the Political Left

When you look at most maps, as you go to the left, you go west,...

January 13, 2019

We Should All Look to Ruth Bader Ginsburg as an American Hero, But Some Can’t Wait for Her to Die

I finally got to see On the Basis of Sex, the Ruth Bader Ginsberg biopic,...

December 2018

December 07, 2018

We Shouldn’t Criticize Trump for His Actions at the Bush Funeral, He Was Just Being Honest

It was a very uncomfortable scene, that row of presidents and First Ladies. Actually, it...

December 03, 2018

The Last Days of Trump

I'm Indiana born and bred, a Hoosier, through and through. I grew up in the...

November 2018

November 01, 2018

God, Let the Religious See How They are Being Manipulated for Political Gain

This week, Kanye West took another turn on his recent bizarre path into politics. Perhaps...

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...

July 2018

July 05, 2018

I Went Out to Find America

Like a lot of people, lately I've been struggling with finding optimism about my beloved...

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 22, 2018

The Coming Civil War

I write this from the cradle of the American Civil War. Just down the road...

May 2018

May 22, 2018

Right (or Wrong) on Time

It seems every year or two, somebody claims to have figured out when the world...