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Beto’s War Tax is Wrong (A Once Lost OpEd)

Back in June, I wrote the following article, intended to be an OpEd in a major publication but something happened, and I forgot about it until now. I’m sharing it here, as is, so the writing doesn’t go to “waste”!  Beto O’Rourke’s proposed “War Tax” is noteworthy because it longs to go beyond Republican’s lipContinue reading “Beto’s War Tax is Wrong (A Once Lost OpEd)”

On Being Hated: Politicians, Ethics, and Affect

Sometimes I wonder how politicians like Donald Trump and Ted Cruz must feel knowing that millions of people hate them or dislike them to extreme degrees because of their blatantly hypocritical and inhumane behavior and rhetoric. Anyone who understands how the world actually works–understandings informed by biology, history, psychology, and sociology–is appalled by their behavior. PoliticsContinue reading “On Being Hated: Politicians, Ethics, and Affect”

You are condemned to silence, to suffering, and to death.

Elected politicians who associate themselves with conservatism and the Tea Party/Republican Party continue to show that they are determined to condemn sick people to a life of absolute silence, of cruel suffering, and of swift death. And because they are not speaking out, their followers and voters are also condemning sick people to a life of absolute silence, of cruel suffering, andContinue reading “You are condemned to silence, to suffering, and to death.”

President Barack Obama, Racism and Sexism, and the Nation That Insisted on Moving Backward

Despite the optimism and excitement felt by the majority of people in the United States when Barack Obama was elected in 2008 and reelected in 2012, a sizable number found his presidency unacceptable. People deemed Obama a Black Muslim. Questioned his place of birth. Critiqued his Blackness. You know the rest.   Obama’s eight years asContinue reading “President Barack Obama, Racism and Sexism, and the Nation That Insisted on Moving Backward”

Three things from the healthcare debate with Senators Sanders and Cruz that I can’t forget.

That such a debate is necessary shows how very, very behind the United States is and how its lacks an important component of the government’s actual moral mission. (And why between Cruz and Sanders!!) The woman who when talking about her struggles to get good health insurance and health care prefaced her comments with “IContinue reading “Three things from the healthcare debate with Senators Sanders and Cruz that I can’t forget.”

Why would Cruz and Abbott call for term limits?

At first I was excited when I saw word that Senator Ted Cruz (and thinking, “wow, we agree on something!?!”) and then Governor Greg Abbott were calling for Congressional term limits. At first. Until I remembered that Cruz and Abbott do not care about the people who elect them or anyone else but only careContinue reading “Why would Cruz and Abbott call for term limits?”

“Father Says” Got Trump Elected

Religions and their theologies do great harm, especially as relates to patriarchy for purposes here. For many girls and women, it is deeply imbedded in their psyche that following the direction of their father or husband (and pastor – see Why Does God Need a Penis? by Dr. Miguel De La Torre, an excellent professorContinue reading ““Father Says” Got Trump Elected”