One of my father’s good friends was a conservative Republican. There are even pictures of him affectionately holding me in his lap when I was a toddler. A few years later, he was extremely kind and helpful to my grieving mother when her father died. She still speaks highly of him for the reason to this day. Mom was only a couple years older than me when Grandfather died. I can’t imagine losing a parent now. Earlier in life, I lost both of mine for a time, but that story…
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I shouldn't even be writing right now, but I rise from my sickbed long enough to draft a response to this column. I hope that it wasn't written as a way to insult organized religion, but if it is, I'm surprised MSNBC agreed to publish it on its website.
Most people are respectful of the fact that I am a person of faith. I never ask for any special consideration, only to be left alone to worship as I choose. The…
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I've often been interested in genealogy, and have recently discovered that I have some first generation Quaker relatives. A Friend from my Meeting recently asked about my family history after worship, so I thought I might provide that which I know. The people described here all hail…
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Young Feminists, members of the Third-Wave or even beyond it, draw much attention to instances where acceptable boundaries are violated in interpersonal conduct. Usually, by this we mean unwanted and flagrantly unacceptable interactions between men and women. In particular, these most often take the form of situations where strangers or acquaintances step well beyond where they have any right to go, which often sadly culminates in violent assault, sexual abuse, or even rape. It is…
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Finally confirming a trend that many have long noted, the Los Angeles Times on Monday concluded that yes, more people now get…
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I think I read the first ten pages of the late fifties UK classic The Comforters about ten times over before I really got it. As it turns out, my reaction was not uncommon. The reader is supposed to be initially confused. Spark’s novel deliberately scorns omniscient narration, opting instead for a grand experiment in Bretchtian allegory. We learn about each character, each…
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Allow me, if you please, to open this post in a rather unorthodox manner. Displaying wounded pride in a public forum requires courage. This is to say, due to side effects caused by a variety of medications to treat a variety of ailments, my libido has never been anything I could take for granted. For a time, this was a reality that left me continually frustrated and…
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I no longer call you slaves, because a master doesn't confide in his slaves. Now you are my friends, since I have told you everything the Father told me. John 15:15, NLT.
For white liberals of a certain generation, the Civil Rights Movement will always be front and…
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I had just about reached a point where matters of self-loathing, doubt, and anxiety were no longer overwhelming. I had just about been able to embrace genderqueer, to be able to go there and stay there without a need to resurface in desperation, like a person holding his or her breath underwater. I had thought that the pain I felt within myself was nothing compared to that of the outside world. I had read the stories of others and begun to think I might escape unscathed in…
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