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.
THE McELROY ZOO: Meet Sam, the baby kitten I stole
For all my life, I’ve hidden anger in order to be ‘perfect’ to others
A year later, my father’s death looms large, but I have no regrets
Hidden crisis of missing intimacy leaves many ‘together all alone’
Some people hate their enemies so badly that fairness doesn’t matter
Painful longing is too powerful to express heart’s anguish in words
Alternative cultures exist because mainstream culture is alienating
Birmingham man offering $10,000
Love & Hope — Episode 9: