CNN and Trump: A Noxious Marriage
Not content to let the nation celebrate the Thanksgiving holiday weekend in peace, CNN and the president were back at it, twisted together in a grotesque display of dystopian linguistic coitus. So let’s just lay... Read More
Tearing Down the Toxic Male Fraternity If you aren’t an active part of the solution, you are unquestionably a part of the problem.
In the summer of 2016, award-winning actor Will Smith made an appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon to promote what was then his new film Suicide Squad. He also briefly shared his thoughts... Read More
Remembering the Elaine Massacre
On October 1, 1919, a man named Frank Moore gave the following statement (edited here for style and brevity): On the night of September 30, we were at Hoop Spur Church at a union meeting.... Read More
Take a Knee for Freedom of Religion
What is freedom of religion? It’s not actually the freedom to think or not think religious stuff. Rather, it is the right to display—or to refuse to display—religiosity. If you have freedom of religion, as... Read More
Conservation Lessons from a Still-Wild River Be Known, Spread the Word, and Get Creative
I recently rafted a river that wouldn’t exist if not for a crucial conservation win back in the 1950s. The Yampa is the last major free-flowing river in the seven-state Colorado River Basin. It’s still... Read More
The Sanctity of Human Life Act Politicians Playing God
A group of thirty-one Republican US congressmen (yes, all men, as of this writing) have signed on as cosponsors of a bill to declare that human life “begins with fertilization…at which time every human being... Read More
Terror’s Afterlife Do suicide bombers think their victims are headed to paradise as well?
“Against them make ready your strength to the utmost of your power, including steeds of war, to strike terror into (the hearts of) the enemies, of Allah and your enemies, and others besides, whom ye... Read More