In Interesting Times

Constant crisis breeds despair

In light of today’s executive order regarding family separation, keep this in mind:

* We’ll still be holding families in camps and cages for an indefinite period of time for committing a misdemeanor.

Love is the obligation

Many people know the front half of John 6 because it’s Jesus feeding the 5,000 and the miracle of the loaves and the fishes. Top 10 Jesus story, surely, whether you’re a Christian or a church-goer or not. We forget about the back half of that chapter, where Jesus explains that Christians…

Messages sent and messages received

Napping in common areas was an important part of my college experience. Four years, hundreds of naps, countless people walking past me day in and day out, no telling how far out into the walkway my feet had dangled or how big a nuisance I was being.

Only a single lifetime removed

The transatlantic slave trade had been illegal for more than 50 years when slavers took this man, Cudjo Lewis, from Africa and sold him in America. He died in 1935. He walked the earth the same time as my grandpa — maybe even the same time as you.

Working in your interests whether you think they’re biased snobs or not

Pulitzers were just announced for the New York Times and The New Yorker for their investigative work breaking sexual harassment and assault stories about Bill O’Reilly, Harvey Weinstein, and their ilk. The…

A Ryan republican in the age of Trump

Rep. Rodney Davis got a lot of face time on national TV news last year — reciting talking points about health care and massive tax cuts on CNN and Fox News and CNBC any time they called. And every time they called, it was Paul Ryan’s talking points that Rodney…

I don’t have to imagine the courage because I’ve seen it myself

Lots of commentary about the Sinclair Broadcast Group anchors and reporters and how they’re being “forced” to broadcast these stories and read the company’s scripted propaganda. I used the word forced in my own initial…

RT comes to 170 TV news outlets nationwide

For the last few years, Sinclair Broadcast Group has forced its anchors on local TV stations to read news reports produced centrally by the company. They also forced all their local stations to air the Swift Boat Veterans for the Truth documentary that…