I heard on the radio about a boy who had been sodomized, tortured, and killed. It seemed as if I’d been hearing about that a lot lately. I imagined the child, reaching out to a trusting adult, only to be slowly and painfully murdered. I imagined the grief the parents felt, knowing that their son not only died, but horrifically so. It was not even my … [Read more...] about The Moment I Lost My Faith
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The Undeserving Rich
Thank you Paul Krugman: That conservatives seem fixated on the notion that poverty is basically the result of character problems among the poor. This may once have had a grain of truth to it, but for the past three decades and more the main obstacle facing the poor has been the lack of jobs paying decent wages. How are children of the poor, or even the working class, … [Read more...] about The Undeserving Rich
Regret and Disapointment
I volunteered to take my grandson, Lucca, to soccer today. He was excited. Wendy dropped him off at our house around 8:30. I was just getting out of the shower and figured we had plenty of time because practice started at 10:00 I said something to him about cooking bacon and potatoes for breakfast. He wanted bacon and an English muffin. We both ate and I got him to the … [Read more...] about Regret and Disapointment
Stop Stealing Dreams
I tried posting this in response to something Stephen wrote at 4 Hour Life and it was deleted by hashbash or something like that, so I'm posting it here. I just checked out the rejection note and resubmitted it and it's now awaiting the moderator, who I'm assuming is Stephen. Ah, the world of computers. So anyway, I decided to post here … [Read more...] about Stop Stealing Dreams
When and How to Talk to Your Kids about Sex
This blog has been sitting in the draft folder for over a week. I needed some time to think about what I've written. I've rewritten parts of it because as always, we worry about being criticized. Many adults find it hard to talk seriously about sex to their children or other adults, so I felt the need to be honest and not piss everyone off. The rule of thumb that I … [Read more...] about When and How to Talk to Your Kids about Sex