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 …
I turned it off after he questioned Sen. Klobuchar if she had ever blacked out after drinking. Petulant men never look good. Sen. Graham had already looked unhinged and took control for the Republicans away from the female prosecutor they brought in to make them look friendly to an alleged sexual assault victim. But once …
I subscribed to The Dish when Andrew Sullivan first took it behind a paywall. I like to pay for content I actually read (or that actually creates news). As a founding member, I felt like I was invested into his journalism and what he created. What I liked was that he had a differing point of …
Back in the summer of 2016, I posted too much on Facebook and argued too hard that liberals do not understand what was at stake. Months into the current Presidency, they seem to understand a little, but still seem vacant behind the eyes. The New York Times had a short couple of sentences: Justice Kennedy …
When the Russian interference first became apparent about a year ago, people called it politics. People continue to say it’s Democrats crying over losing. But people need to step back from their partisanship harnesses and look at the facts. The Washington Post has published an 8,000-word story about how the Obama White House mishandled the …
Most likely, the Republicans will decimate Medicaid in the coming weeks. And most likely, if you voted for a Republican, you don’t care because you don’t think it will affect you. Maybe, you are right. But I can tell you who will be hurt the most by these cuts: grandparents. About a month ago, my …
Most of my defining years, where I developed my core beliefs, occurred during the Bush years as I was a stupid college student. I spent a lot of time arguing with people over human rights, international strength, and trade policy. I fundamentally believed that the glory of our country was our belief in democracy, truth, …
One month ago, I was sitting in our recliner shaking. Today, I’m back at work and back to listening to Slate podcasts that I could not listen to. I’m done shaking. So what have I done instead? I have reached out to the local Kentucky Democrats to see how I can become involved, I have …
One of the best podcasts I have listened to through most of 2016 has been Jacob Weisberg’s Trumpcast. For those who may not know, Jacob is the head of the Slate Group, which operates Slate Magazine. I have been a member of Slate Plus since its inception and I highly recommend reading Slate and becoming …
Every election season, I see a number of posts on Facebook where people are pleading that all the political posts don’t change minds, so therefore stop posting anything about politics. The new one that I have seen this election is probably the most troubling posts I have seen and it isn’t anything about a candidate. The post …