I am one of the last people who should pass on references to research linking conspiracy theorists and their inabilities to think critically. I devote…
I want to post here an essay/talk April wrote/gave to our Harrisonburg Unitarian Universalist group. Her message involves writing, leaving messages behind for the generations…
Here is a problematic scenario for the vaccination syndrome: a group of us are playing Pickleball outside. I’m waiting with one of my friends, a…
3.29.2021: I’m having a difficult time, perhaps the consequence of going off oxycodone after my hip-replacement four weeks ago. I can see why people don’t…
I am disappointed in Representative Ben Cline for signing on to the bogus lawsuit initiated by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (currently under investigation for…
I am fascinated by how the logic of misinformation appeals to people who want to believe it—key to interpreting the current social warfare over the 2020…
When I think about the link between politics and religion, I think diachronically and synchronically, historically and contemporaneously. I’ll address the historical first. Although I…
The following is an email I sent to a close friend who was bothered by a perceived slight to progressives in the virtual Democratic convention.…
Sarah and I were married forty-nine years ago today. I thought about this when I woke up this morning. Today was my first morning back…