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July 2018

July 25, 2018

In Defense of Libraries

I once had to do a tricky take-home exam on Plato, over a...

July 25, 2018

Don’t Run Over the Turkey

I learned to drive. Well, almost. I can nearly drive. A friend gave me...

July 19, 2018

Trump A La Putinesca and Other Puzzlements

It's been more than a week since I wrote anything that could be called...

July 16, 2018

Drinking Straws, Disability and Able-Bodied ‘Splainers

Straws. There are about a thousand big news stories that we need to talk...

July 11, 2018

I Found a Mountain

I took Rose to her annual doctors' appointment. It was in the old medical building,...

July 08, 2018

Portrait of a Place

My people came from West Virginia. They had a farm in Greenbriar County. That...

July 06, 2018

A Scandal in Montana

Many of you are no doubt aware that Donald Trump gave a speech that was...

July 04, 2018

Lilian Vogl Declares Independence from the American Solidarity Party

(Lilian Vogl is a friend of mine who recently posted this note on her Facebook...

June 2018

June 29, 2018

Three Things that Should Not Be Controversial About the Family Separation Crisis

I'm known as a bit of a pest in the blogging world, and that's...

June 27, 2018

Of Sarah Sanders, Jim Crow and the Red Hen

I don't like Sarah Huckabee Sanders. This should come as no surprise to people...

June 24, 2018

The Night Hike

We used to vacation in Pocahontas County. My family had reunions in the old...

June 23, 2018

Evening in the Gardens of LaBelle

The day's heavy rain cleared up while Michael was running errands with Rosie. It...

June 20, 2018

What’s Happening at the Border? Answers to Common Questions

I've been asked a lot of questions about the human-rights crisis going on at the...

June 16, 2018

An Update on the Family-Separation Crisis, and How You Can Help

I'm still following the case of the immigrant children being taken from their parents...

June 04, 2018

They Are Keeping Children In Cages

I've been meaning to write about the immigrant children, but I don't know what to...

May 2018

May 18, 2018

Ten Times Eternity: A Response to the Texas School Shooting

I woke up to find there'd been another school shooting. I didn't know what to...

May 15, 2018

It’s Too Darn Hot

It's hot and humid out today, in case you haven't noticed. It was worse in...

May 07, 2018

“The Counter-Revolution” and The Spirit of the Antichrist

Lately I was in an argument with a person who was very fond of...

May 03, 2018

Humming in the Crypt

My most annoying habit is that I hum when I'm sad. I am a...

April 2018

April 26, 2018

On the Conviction of Bill Cosby

As I write this, the news has just broken that famed entertainer Bill Cosby...

April 14, 2018

The Wages of War

As I write this, on a Friday night during prime time while our president is...

April 10, 2018

White Nationalism Is Not Just Another Opinion

There's been a bit of a kerfuffle. Kristen Hatten, the ethnonationalist writer who publicly...

April 05, 2018

You Can’t Be Both Pro-Life and Alt Right

As far as I can tell, this all started when my friend Destiny Hernon De...

March 2018

March 25, 2018

Yes, We Do Know Better Than The Founding Fathers

The other day, on the facebook page, I got jumped on by a commentator who...

March 24, 2018

The March For Our Lives IS a Pro-Life March

If you have ever loaded your child onto a bus to the annual March...

March 24, 2018

Yes, Mr. Jones, You Are A Racist

For about three weeks now I've been quietly letting a commentator run his mouth...

March 22, 2018

I Don’t Care Why White Men Are Angry

I'm likely going to get a lot of flack for writing this, but it...

March 16, 2018

Do We Really Want The Death Penalty For Drug Dealers?

You've likely heard by now that the president wants to have drug dealers executed. And...

March 14, 2018

The Problem With “Walk Up Not Out”

When I was a little girl, before we ended up homeschooling on the Planet...

February 2018

February 28, 2018

A Christian Response to Indefinite Detention

I'm not really into decontextualized quotemining of the Old Testament to find out what Christians...