The Truth in the Middle
Did we just witness White (Male) America in the throes of death? At a minimum, it certainly would appear to be suffering from collective depression. Likewise, it would seem President Trump is the equivalent of going to the bottle, a way to numb ourselves, avoid our failures, fears and inner demons. Whites can certainly make
Every wonder what you could do with all that heat generated by your compost pile? Well, I’ve seen people do all kinds of creative things from heating hot tubs to small out buildings. Yet as a foodie with some food science experience, my wheels started turning when I encountered a market in the Bethlehem, Palestine
President Trump’s recent intervention in military due process procedures has shed some light on an experience I had in the 80’s while visiting a war crimes prison run by the Sandinista government in Nicaragua. I was doing research and had requested the opportunity to interview some Contras, members of an insurgent group seeking to undermine
I’m a racist. Seriously. I really am a racist. Now you won’t see me driving around with confederate flags on my vehicle, denying the Holocaust or attending white nationalist rallies. I’m far more stealth, and therefore, dangerous. I could be sitting next to you at church, a board member of a local non-profit, or even
I doubt I’ll ever understand how damaged one’s soul must be to spit on the grave of anyone, let alone John McCain. Nonetheless, our current President has proven time and again that he’s a damaged, soulless character who picks on the weakest, the dead, the powerless, and anyone standing firmly in, or seeking truth. His
The most recent outbreak of measles in the U.S. has reignited the vaccine debate, especially around the issue of whether medical decisions, historically left to parental consent, should be mandatory. Like most parents, my awareness peaked in the months before my first child was born. Because we were planning a home birth, outside of the
The recent revelation regarding the destruction of the Mosul Museum struck me deeply. It wasn’t so much the devastating loss of cultural history as much as the realization that I’ve become numb to it. In most cases I feel some heartache, but by the time I’m dropping my kids off at the bus stop, I’m
My 16-year-old called president-elect Trump a F_ _ ck-twit today. Our kids come by it honestly. When she was having dinner with her grandparents at the age of 3, she politely finished her meal, stood up, said “F _ _ck it,” and walked away. I have no idea where she learned that! We’ve always told
Authors Note: This post is in response to something I posted a FaceBook shortly after the election suggesting that hugging a Trump supporter is preferable to attacking them. Who’s up for hugging a Trump supporter? I certainly understood that posing such a metaphor on social media so soon after the election was risky. The reaction
I find it interesting how many of my friends find it shocking that I won’t vote for Hillary Clinton for President and that if one opposes Trump, anything other than a vote for her is “wasted.” I have to admit I find it equally puzzling, if not troubling, how so many of them can for
Timothy Fitzgerald Young 