Category: Thought Thursday

  • The Obfuscation of the Overtaxed in 1776

    In reading James Kirchick’s book Secret City I realized there’s so much history that has been conveniently forgotten or obtusely lied about. The Lavender Scare, an illegitimate excommunication of thousands of gay federal workers, lasted decades longer than the widely known Red Scare and impacted exceptionally more lives, including those of unsuspecting wives and children.…

  • But What Does This Have to Do With Me?

    What’s your easy answer? The right one?

  • But I Have No Idea What I’m Doing

    Rest in the weight of the unknowing.

  • But You Have to Pick One

    Lies We Believe About Ourselves and Others Day Two: But You Have to Pick One So many issues, so little time. Pick a contemporary American issue. Heck, pick a classical political issue. It can, and almost always is or has been, reduced to two diametrically opposed opposites. Women’s suffrage – for or against. Emancipation –…

  • But They’re On the Other Side of Me

    Lies We Believe About Ourselves and Others Day One: But They’re On the Other Side of Me It’s no secret that America is more divided than ever before. The racist right versus the triggered left. Socialist AOC versus Nazi Donald Trump. It’s easy to label people. It helps us know who we’re for and who…

  • Who, What, Why?

    Lies We Believe About Ourselves and Others Day 5: Who, What, Why? There’s lot of names for it. Samaria. The far right. Snowflakes. Sex workers and TV Hosts. What is the name for you? Who or what do you hate? Are you unable to see any good in? What Bible verses or political opinions do…

  • Facebook, Facetime, and Following

    Lies We Believe About Ourselves and Others Day Four: Facebook, Facetime, and Following One of my absolute best friends from childhood is getting married next month in my home state one week before I head home for the holiday season. I can’t justify going home back to back and I can’t get off work. I’m…

  • Disagree, Denounce, Divide

    Lies We Believe About Ourselves and Others Day Three: Disagree, Denounce, Divide To continue our conversation from yesterday on being right, there are a two key ways to assert our correctness to those around us. We can debate or we can discuss. The key difference between the two has to do with the motivation. With…

  • Ellen, Existence, and Equality of Thought

    Lies We Believe About Ourselves and Others Day 2: Ellen, Existence, and the Equality of Thought In October, an unlikely thing happened. A queen of daytime TV, who many across political spectrums and identities have come to love and respect, came under fire for the very thing that made her a revolution: kindness. Ellen DeGeneres,…

  • What if it’s okay to be okay?

    Last month I wrote a post that blew up. It was seen around the world and became our most popular post. It stirred meaningful, intentional conversation on my Facebook feed, in my messages, over texts and calls. How people felt pretty much boiled down to the same basic points. People couldn’t agree what the root…