Six Months Later…
In March, Brian and I went to Palm Beach, Florida for a quick weekend trip where he was going to preach at their Unitarian Universalist Church. We had a lovely hotel with a beachfront...
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Let Me Call You Sweetheart
My best friend died last week. Virginia Carrion was my grandmother. I was lucky enough to have great grandparents. They were very caring and supportive. They wanted the best for me and all of...
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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...
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My Country: Deference and Defense
“St John’s the Baptist Church, Church Road, Backworth” by Graham Robson is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 Liberals are problematic. As one, I should know. Liberals forget the past and become indigent. They believe...
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Why It’s Been Hard to Write
In September, I found a group. I joined Alex Jacob’s School of Trivia and quickly found a good group of friends. I had quit almost all of my online communities when I left social...
Christmas Letter 2019
We missed the shuttle. After the Red Bus dropped us off, we thought we would head up to Avalanche Lake. But each shuttle looked more crowded than the last. Each biker appeared to have...
Reading 1984 in 2019
After the 2016 election, I gave George Orwell a shot. I had read 1984 in college for my own enjoyment during the Bush administration to feel like a good liberal. But I did not...
My Country: The Declaration of Independence
“Inking”by daimoneklund is licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0 Justice Douglas starts An Almanac of Liberty where our nation began – the adoption of the Declaration of Independence. The process of adoption began on April...
My Country: Faith and Our Crucible
Justice Douglas focused on the question of faith for July 2. In An Almanac of Liberty, he wrote: The question of faith goes to the very heart of the problem of survival. Faith in...
Unbroken Wheels and Game of Thrones
When I met Brian, he really enjoyed the show Game of Thrones. And he wanted to get me to like it. I failed spectacularly. I would ask too many questions. Nothing made any sense. And I...
A Long Time Coming
I feel like I have abandoned this blog again as I do many times in the course of its existence. When it’s a one man show where I get to write about things I...
Oscars 2019 – Flash in the Pan
Last year, we went to the Cinemark for an entire week. We watched several great movies (Phantom Thread, Get Out), several good movies (Lady Bird, Dunkirk), and several movies I have forgotten. In 2019, the Best Picture...
Libel, Actual Malice, and Bill Cosby
On February 19, 2019, the Supreme Court released a denial of a petition for a writ of certiorari. Katherine McKee filed a defamation suit against Bill Cosby and his attorneys after the released a...
Zorach and the Separation of Church and State
“A Christian missionary went from England to India…to save the heathen from their blindness and bring them into the light. One day, in the streets of a crowded city, he saw a beggar, seated...
