I don’t have any interest in starting a political movement. I just want to live life and be left alone as long as I’m peaceful with others. I’m trying to figure out how to do that. If you’re interested in doing the same — and if you want to do it without the shrill and angry confrontations of politics — I hope you’ll join me in a conversation that might lead to better lives for all of us.
My own political evolution is a long and twisting story. I grew up in a generally conservative household, but I was taught to be a political independent. I also learned — from school and from my own reading — to be an intensely patriotic kid. I believed in our political leaders. I believed in the political system. I believed in the morality of this country’s role in the world.
How could we take responsibility but avoid self-destructive shame?
What’s the best word for those of us who just want to be left alone?
For first time in my life, I fear not finding love and life I’ve needed
Blind faith in our ability to reason led to arrogance, false certainty
Our inexplicable behavior ‘signals’ to the world who and what we are
When people push inner buttons, it’s easy to spiral down into dark
Choice of spouse alters everything about future for you and your kids
Old documents force me to rethink things I’ve believed about my father