Liberals can’t afford a truce in the culture war.

I said this in 2012; six years and the current administration seems to prove me right. Liberals winning the culture war is the same net effect as a truce. Conservatives winning is scorched earth policies toward liberal values. Here’s why I said this (in a bit of parallel thinking with this Jezebel article): 1. If […]

No, You Move

There was something special about Civil War. (Relax if you’ve not read it; it looks like you’ll get a good chance to see it with the MCU here in a few years.) The something special was Captain America. Because Cap seems to understand something very important: The rules exist for the people, not the other […]

My Fellow Veterans: The #Ferguson Police Action Disrespects Every Vet’s Sacrifice

I was stationed – both at the beginning and end of my military service – at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri. Thanks – in large part to Fox News after 9/11 – I routinely got told “Thank you for your service.” It’s always made me uncomfortable. But. The possibility always remained that I could be called […]

Why civil rights matter…

I just finished telling a national organization that I think they should pursue GBLT rights as a major goal this year. Given that my candidate chose a notoriously anti-gay preacher to give the invocation at the inauguration… well, that makes me unhappy. Anyway, they asked for a “story” explaining why that goal was important to […]