14 year old Emmett Till was murdered in Mississippi on August 28, 1955. It has been 61 years since his death. Sixty One years and some days I wonder what we in […]
My Name is Emmett Till
My Growing Disgust with the Presidential Race
I am beyond disgusted. The world I thought I knew is falling apart, and reality continues to grow increasingly subjective. In my previous post, I briefly addressed the wellspring of evidence that […]
Religious Freedom: Theirs and Ours
The amount of writing done by social conservatives on the topic of religious liberty is far more extensive than I can get a handle on. But after following prominent social conservatives on […]
It’s Clinton or (literally) Bust
My plan, for the next several weeks, is to post at least once a week on some of the goings on in our political climate. I will not hold back. I will attack. I will drop truth bombs and harrowing opinions achieved through common sense all the way up through critical thought. I will drop mics and do anything I can to get people to wake the hell up to the dangerous reality we face in this country.
#TacosForTrump
To honor and celebrate Donald Trump’s impending loss in the US Presidential race, I intend on eating some form of Taco every Tuesday between now and November 8th. Tonight I had a […]
The Need for Liberal Protestantism: A Gay Generation X View
This picture is from the summer of 1994. We were headed to see the 25th anniversary of Stonewall Pride Parade in NYC. Still have the old UM colors to boot! A […]
A Gay Christian Confronts the Sexual Revolution
This reads like an odd title to me. But after reading enough social conservatives over the last few months, I’m using their term to describe whatever cultural shake up which worked to create […]
Claiming my Heresy
A United Methodist pastor is writing a series on the most common heresies. Since I fit a number of them, I thought I’d offer my own reflections on the topic. Since he […]
What They Need’s a Damn Good Whacking
After reading the news of drastic increases in the price of Epipens and Insulin over the last couple of years (as well as the unreasonably and unnecessarily high prices on many other […]
New Beginnings and Red Shoes
The last time I bought red Converse All-Stars, I had just left Casper College. It was a time of deep pain and frustration. When we recently did a little back-to-school shopping, I […]
Trump Regret
I just finished teaching a night class at a local university. The five week course covers United States and Nevada political and constitutional history. During our first meeting in July, we covered […]
Some Brief Thoughts on Voting Third-Party
Like Bernie Sanders, I am voting for Hillary Clinton in November. However, many of my friends and others in my social media circles are thinking about voting for one of the third-party […]
