FNB Politics
FNB politics can be tricky to write about, and to pin down, because it relies on surfacing deep-seated anxieties and archetypes that, when revealed to the light of day, appear ridiculous. To a large...
View ArticleMarketing ideas as a means of social change
For whatever reason I was not motivated to post yesterday. I wanted to post, but I couldn’t get myself to do it. What I wanted to do was to post a positive story about Arabs and/or Arab Americans and...
View ArticleEverything is a little better today.
Can you feel it? The sky is a little clearer, the days a bit brighter. Alt Text is post-ier. With all the energy and attention being placed on the inauguration of Barack Obama and al of the...
View ArticleStop the insanity!
Ok, so regardless of what happens, and whomever becomes the 43rd president of the United States, there are some things that we should all take away from this year’s election.The Butterfly Ballot…um no....
View ArticleFNB Politics
“FNB politics can be tricky to write about, and to pin down, because it relies on surfacing deep-seated anxieties and archetypes that, when revealed to the light of day, appear ridiculous.”To a large...
View ArticleActive Nonconformists Together Insisting on Free Association and Speech to...
This is the best name/acronym for a group, ever. ANTI-FASCIST. (the blurb about this Minneapolis-based group is just “below the fold” on the linked page. And this is possibly one of the *best* quotes...
View ArticleWe need security, not free food
This Salon recap of an Op-Ed originally published in the NY Times on Aug. 19 by seven active-duty U.S. soldiers. Two of its authors have since died and one was shot in the head and wounded. Besides...
View ArticleAn hour with Barack Obama
As an Obama supporter this is just about the best thing I have read. For people who are not sure what to make of him this blog post by the guy who founded Netscape, Marc Andreessen (who also happens to...
View ArticleEverything is a little better today
Can you feel it? The sky is a little clearer, the days a bit brighter. Alt Text is post-ier. With all the energy and attention being placed on the inauguration of Barack Obama and al of the...
View ArticleGoodbye, America. Don’t do anything I wouldn’t do.
Jena and I are leaving the country tonight and won’t return until the middle of November*. By that time, a new President will have been chosen by the people of this country and we can finally move on...
View ArticleThere are no safe states
It doesn’t matter if you’re in a swing state, or a “safe” state — blue or red.No state is safe from the ideas espoused by Donald Trump — ideas that are endorsed by the KKK — ideas that are rejected by...
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Expat
I just got back from two months traveling abroad but as I stand here, awaiting my luggage, I have never felt like I was entering a more foreign country.I cannot even process my shame and anger right...
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At least now I have a plan
First, I have to address my conservative friends who may not understand why I have not called them, blocked them on Facebook, or otherwise ignored their sympathetic and (sometimes) sincere advances to...
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Let the record show
John Pavlovitz has been on fire recently — or I should say I just became aware of him and his writing during the campaigns — and it’s great. He’s a pastor, in North Carolina, so he adds diversity to...
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What are you doing?
Remember sitting in history, thinking “If I was alive then, I would’ve…”You’re alive now. Whatever you’re doing is what you would’ve done.— David Slack (@slack2thefuture) January 28, 2017 This past...
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No, liberals don't want to take your freedom and conservatives don't hate...
What we didn't need now was more reasons to be wary of each other.* While most conservatives don't hate poor people, it seems they continue to elect people who, at the very least, don't care about...
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Republic of Lies
Like my post just before the election, people are calling for not further isolating, harming, and punishing those that got conned by Trump and his enablers, despite how good that might feel right now....
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