I remember sitting at my desk in Riverwoods and reading the South Bend Tribune when Mayor Pete Buttigieg came out. Only a few years after I came out, a man about the same age as I did the same in a public way. Of course it was a political act. But he caught my eye …
A Saudi dissent journalist was murdered, dismembered and destroyed in a Saudi consulate in Turkey. Our government, including a hard line Secretary of State, gaslights us. For those who don’t know the movie Gaslight, a husband slowly persuades his wife that she was going insane. Our government wants to pretend this is all in our minds …
As our President wanders around Europe disgracing our nation and the world, I saw tweets floating around quoting Bertrand Russell from Yascha Mounk. He quoted A Liberal Decalogue, which Russell published in the New York Times in 1951. The Decalogue states that the best answer to fanaticism was liberalism, which he noted should include a set of …
I was in high school when Columbine happened. I was in law school when Virginia Tech happened. Then I lived in northern Illinois when NIU happened. Next, I wanted to see The Dark Knight Returns when Aurora happened but ended up too scared to go to the movies. I was an out gay man when …
89 years ago, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King was born. Today, headlines across the country detail that the President of the United States does not consider himself a racist. And he is a racist. Injustice Anywhere Is a Threat to Justice Everywhere In King’s Letter From a Birmingham Jail, he wrote the heading above to …
I have not been very quiet about my exit from Facebook. I do not and will not buy a home assistant. And next, I need to leave Twitter. I will also remove people I really don’t care about from Instagram to really follow only family and friends. I need to take the exit ramp off of …
In 2017, I have tried to create routines to fill in the gaps of a crazy world. My morning routine includes taking Max out, meditating for at least 15 minutes, reading for about 30 minutes, and now listening to The Daily. For the last ten days, my breakfast includes a deep dive news story. The …
I mistakenly turned on the news this morning. Although I have done my best to avoid cable news, in light of the horrors of the last few weeks, I occasionally turn on MSNBC. For about ten minutes, I watched Morning Joe. Regardless if you find them entertaining or informative, two arguments stuck with me in regards …
Although the news has not been as focused on the disaster of Hurricane Maria, the people of Puerto Rico need us. National news and cable news focused on Houston for days. Fundraisers flooded our television because millions lost so much. Puerto Rico has over 3 millions Americans within its borders. I cannot say anything that is …
In the past week, the city council of Lexington has had two votes to relocate the monuments to Confederate leaders in the town center. After calling and emailing my city councilwoman, she reassured me that she supported the effort. And I am proud to be represented by Councilperson Jennifer Mossotti, who joined the unanimous city council …