When You See Yourself (or No Tuesday is Super)
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...
Category: Dan Reads the News
Gaslighting a Murder
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...
Bertrand Russell and A Liberal Decalogue
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...
Martin Luther King Day: We Need a Lot of Work
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....
I Don’t Care if You Like This Post – The Poison of Social Media
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...
You Need to Listen to The Daily
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...
End Fear. Stop Pointing Fingers. No More Excuses.
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...
Please Help Puerto Rico
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...
Lexington Begins to Take Down Confederate Statues
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...
