Dear Genice, Walt Whitman says not to argue concerning god. But I have yet to be able to walk away from a hornet’s nest without sticking my finger in it. So, here’s a long answer to your short question: A Judeo-Christian God derives from a creation story of a desert…
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Dear May, Yeah, the parties seem to leave a lot of people out. But that doesn’t mean the Tea Party Automatons aren’t butts. Party politics is what it is. If we’re going to have universal suffrage, then the need to appeal to the broadest possible audience of voters necessitates or…
Leave a CommentRev. Dave, I’ve always been solidly heterosexual, sort of. I mean, I really, really like women, particularly older ones, and very particularly, my wife. But I find myself most at home in the borderland between men and women–where, like with any human behavior or morality, there exists a range of…
Leave a CommentDear Justin, Our shared Catholic blood and bones make your recent thinking about your upbringing very similar in type and depth to something I’d been thinking about for a long time. At what point, exactly, did I end my relationship with the Catholic church. That is, when did I stop…
Leave a CommentDear Steve, I know about parents. The reason is that I’ve had such a rugged time with mine. Not just them, but also the siblings mired so deeply in the family diseases. God bless them. I’m glad I don’t have to walk in those shoes. As I look back now,…
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