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.
FRIDAY FUNNIES
Kids’ willingness to blindly obey shows in Quebec teacher’s joke
Little boy for whom I was named shows what my mother hoped for
Narcissists teach their victims they aren’t allowed to have needs
Blind faith in our ability to reason led to arrogance, false certainty
For equality, we must redistribute eyeballs fairly, my friends
In a sane world, everyone would think and act exactly the way I do
I choose love over hate, because the author of the story’s not done
If Court reverses Roe v. Wade, we’re facing a social tsunami