I finally realized the answer to a question that has dogged me since 2016. The best way for me to comment on that answer, in lieu of a real (short) discussion with any trump-supporting friends, is through video. The only disclaimer is that if any of this offends you, please realize that your offense is … [Read more…]
On November 4, 2008, Barack Obama was elected the 44th president of the United States. It was one of the happiest and most memorable moments of my life. Unfortunately, the happiness was short-lived. That same night, CA Proposition 8 – eliminating the right of same-sex couples to marry as a CA constitutional amendment – passed … [Read more…]
Is it ever okay to wish someone harm? Is it ever okay to wish death on someone? These questions are being asked by many in the wake of the president’s recent COVID-19 diagnosis. Let me be clear. Though I genuinely hate him and all of the others around him who have been infected, I don’t … [Read more…]
I gained a bit of insight yesterday that has left me questioning the country I love, and my place in it. Up to now, my working theory about trump supporters has been twofold. Either they are ignorant racists like him, or they are willfully ignorant/apathetic to his affronts on our Democracy and fellow Americans. Their … [Read more…]
Merrick Garland was a standout student. President of the Student Council, class valedictorian, and distinctions as both a Presidential Scholar and National Merit Scholar were just some of his early achievements in high school. He attended Harvard for his undergraduate education, and graduated as valedictorian in 1974. He attended Harvard law school and graduated magna … [Read more…]
False Balance aka False Equivalence aka Bothsidesism. In 2016 it was hush-money payments to hookers AND members of an election campaign soliciting foreign assistance from Russia’ being given equal media treatment to ‘her emails’. More recently, it’s ‘fine people on both sides’ when white supremacists march through a city’s streets while the White House labels … [Read more…]