The main thrust of President Obama’s speech at the National Prayer Breakfast last week was to separate war from religion. Good luck with that. Simply acknowledging the ways religion and war have been bound up with each other — along … Continue reading →
Last week Senator Ted Cruz (TX), who recently took over the chair of the Space, Science and Competitiveness subcommittee, opined to NASA Administrator Charles Bolden that NASA has become distracted from its “core mission” by studying climate change. Here is … Continue reading →
Two hashtag campaigns launched last week on Twitter (where else?) addressing the topic of race. With #racetogether, Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz thought it would be a neat idea to use coffee and his low wage workers to “start a conversation” … Continue reading →
I was recently asked by a librarian colleague to contribute a cartoon to a time capsule. Held by the Oregon Library Association, the capsule will open in 2040. Although I had the option to pick any old thing I … Continue reading →
To breed or not to breed? Are both conditions okay? Breed if you want to. Don’t breed if you don’t want to. I’m a parent. I love my kids. I wanted to have children, so I did. I know a … Continue reading →
The same day that Indiana Governor Mike Pence signed a state law allowing for the discrimination against LGBT workers and customers in the name of religion, he also lifted a ban on needle exchanges in response to a serious HIV … Continue reading →