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January 2017

January 27, 2017

Afraid for the Future? Join the Resistance!!

“Alternate facts” do not exist. In common parlance, “alternate facts” are called “lies.” When our...

July 2016

July 18, 2016

Just What is Xenophobia?

In the inestimable words of Inigo Montoya in the Princess Bride, “You keep using that...

May 2016

May 13, 2016

Has North Carolina become the “Hate State”?

Clearly, being Christian means something different to me than to many people in NC who...

April 2016

April 29, 2016

Should Profit Be the Defining Factor of our Economy?

What does Colorado's ballot initiative for universal healthcare have to do with the moral question...

November 2015

November 24, 2015

Thanksgiving, Banquets, and Hunger: Pausing to Consider Justice in the Midst of Plenty

Ending hunger is not some pie-in-the-sky utopian dream. It is a matter of political will.

November 02, 2015

When Will Republican States Do Their Duty?

In theory, I support the idea of states’ rights. It follows the basic ethical principle...

September 2015

September 10, 2015

Is a “Fair Trial” possible in a racist society?

Most of us aren’t trained to think about social problems in a structural way. When...

July 2015

July 24, 2015

NC Legislators Cut Off Nose to Spite Face

In the midst of the racism and prejudice particularly against black people that permeates the...

April 2015

April 24, 2015

NC Republican Legislators Reject Facts, Embrace Emotion

In a context where the vast majority of women are acting as responsible moral agents...

April 11, 2015

Safe Sex, Healthy Sex, Sacred Sex

A couple of years ago, when my daughter was in seventh grade, I got a...