People who have been lied to can be dangerous.A religious person once asked me if I thought I was better than believers, and I could hear her readiness to dismiss my disbelief if I said…Nov 1Nov 1
Are You a Terrorist?I have been disappointed to see numerous posts on social media joking that the shooting at Trump’s rally was OK or that the only problem…Jul 14Jul 14
ZionismIt’s easy to condemn sexism, racism, homophobia, et cetera. The motivations are not complex.Nov 22, 20231Nov 22, 20231
A Conspiracy of “Goodness”I’m probably going to disturb or dismay someone by saying what I think, but this is what I think, and I’m going to say it, because every…Nov 19, 2023Nov 19, 2023
On RevengeMy father advocated state-sponsored Sadistic murder, only he called it “the death penalty”, so I agreed with him until I grew up. When he…Oct 10, 2023Oct 10, 2023
One Night in Newark Liberty International AirportBackground: I need wheelchair service, because I cannot walk very far without agony. On December 17, 2022, I was flying from Portland…Dec 18, 2022Dec 18, 2022
“Writer’s BJust thinking about writing is enough to make my wife start to cry and pull her hair out, and I have spoken with numerous persons who say…Dec 12, 2022Dec 12, 2022