For Valentine's Day: "The Sacred Space of Lovers"
This piece was my weekly op/ed some years ago in newspapers in my region of Virginia. (It was then a respite from dealing with the ugly situation in America during Trump’s first term.) Perhaps in this...
View ArticleOur Vindictive President Reminds Us of How Revenge is a Tool of "Evil" (VIDEO...
The impulse to strike back at those who hit us seems built in. But culture can cultivate and magnify that need for revenge. When we look at how revenge impacts the human world, it becomes clear that...
View ArticleShowing Trump Voters: Trump Has Made Us Ugly in the Eyes of America's Friends...
[This piece is running as an op/ed in newspapers in the very red congressional district (VA-06) in which I ran as the Democratic nominee for Congress in 2012. It is appearing under the title,...
View ArticleAnother Op/Ed Challenging the Trumpers in My Very Red Part of Virginia (VA-06)
This piece will be appearing this week as an op/ed in newspapers in the very red part of Virginia (VA-06) where I was the Democratic nominee for Congress in...
View ArticleWar College*: Question: Why Is There "Evil"? Answer: Found Here
*The titles of the installments of this series are prefaced with “War College” as an indication that the picture of our world being presented here — A BETTER HUMAN STORY — provides an understanding...
View ArticleShould Corporate America Be Fighting on the Side of Democracy?
There’s a video of 14 minutes that explores that question.This is suggestive of some of what’s in it:Are they entitled to stand on the sidelines when "liberty and justice for all" is on the line?Is...
View ArticleThe Roots of Misogyny (VIDEO and Text)
Here’s a link to the VIDEO discussion of “The Roots of Misogyny.”***************************************Here’s a written presentation of the main ideas: The Roots of MisogynyIntroBack in the late ‘80s,...
View ArticleWhy Trump Supporters Will Go to Their Graves Still Thinking They Were Right...
This topic is dealt with also in an op/ed that will be appearing this weekend in Trump country, where I live, in the rural Virginia congressional district where I was the Democratic nominee for...
View ArticleAnother Op/Ed Challenging My Neighbors in Trump Country
I have plenty of reason to be sober in my expectations regarding my ability to persuade today’s Republicans. (My most recent posting here was titled ”Why Trump Supporters Will Go to Their Graves Still...
View ArticleHow Fascism Weaponizes FEAR to Gain Tyrannical Power (VIDEO and TEXT)
Text is below the video.YouTube VideoIt is for good reason that we humans have an inborn capacity to experience fear. The evolutionary process would not have instilled into our organism the capacity...
View ArticleThe Sick Relationship in Fascism Between Ruler and Follower (VIDEO and TEXT)
Text follows video, below.YouTube VideoWe can see in the Republican Party of these times, and specifically in this Trumpian regime, an illustration of the exploitative and destructive relationship that...
View ArticleChallenging Trump’s Base on What They’re Doing to the Soul of America (This...
This piece is appearing in newspapers in the very red congressional district (VA-06) in which I was the Democratic nominee for Congress in 2012, and where I have been publishing a weekly op/ed column...
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