First published on Facebook January 5 2012. I am a non-believer who has no real problem with religion as long as it is not forced on others or used as the justification for ignorance, oppression, or discrimination against the non-believer. Still, there’s this. Just because I do not personally accept “The Holy Book says so,” […]
It so happens that I was about to complain at length about the following, one of the worst things we do to one another in our advocacy of various causes, before Senator Marco Rubio obliged me by indulging in the sin himself. He tweeted, “Look at all this outrage over a dead lion, but where […]
Originally published on Facebook 9 April 2015. Because I’ve experienced it many times myself and have just seen a couple of distraught friends report having to make their own difficult decision today: Yes. Having a beloved pet means that someday you will weep. This is a contract you sign the day you first look at […]