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 can you help someone who doesn’t really want to keep living?
Have choice between two loves? Failing to choose may lose both
Briefly: Sufjan Stevens album always evokes old feelings about my mother
Modern search for sexual pleasure slowly destroys genuine intimacy
As we enjoyed the sunset together, language and borders didn’t matter
‘Don’t ever be afraid to turn page,’ but leaving comfort zone is scary
In a culture of cold, ‘no strings’ sex, only emotional intimacy fills needs
A month after my father’s death, it doesn’t feel real that he’s gone
I’m disgusted to live in a world where Judge Judy makes millions