Politicize it already!
In the wake of tragedies like the shooting in Connecticut this morning, the warnings some people float not to politicize the tragedy by starting a conversation about guns or gun control frankly sicken...
View ArticleBeyond "Hate Crime": questions of bias in the Chapel Hill shooting
The coverage of the Chapel Hill shooting has focused on two primary interpretations of events. The first one is the "parking dispute" narrative from the initial reports of the local police, and...
View ArticleRev. Makela could have been me. Here's why I support spreading his story.
I grew up as a conservative evangelical Christian, raised to believe that monogamous, heterosexual relationships were the only valid setting for human sexual expression. For me, that meant denying my...
View ArticleFirst impressions from the Democratic debate
Here are some quick thoughts after watching tonight's debate. I'm not going to try to make exact quotes or cite sources, but rather I will just focus on brief first impressions. Martin O'Malley...
View ArticleWho is tweeting #fuckparis?
Seriously, who? After a few minutes of scrolling through the search results for the hashtag on Twitter, I have found few posts actually mentioning the hashtag for its purported use, and many many more...
View ArticleWhat excites me about Sanders for President? Hint: it's not Bernie.
I like and respect Bernie Sanders. He probably first came to my attention in the early years of Obama's presidency, when I was following the congressional fights over the budget and over Obamacare. I...
View ArticleColorado Democratic Caucus at Rocky Mountain High School
This is my first time at a caucus. I'm trying to post from inside, but my connection is spotty. I might wind up needing to publish later.The turnout is huge. I'm pretty sure we're violating many...
View ArticleClimate Change and Human Timescales; Can we adapt fast enough?
In August 2015, a bunch of scientists submitted a comment to Nature Climate Change about the need to consider the effects of climate change far into the future — much farther than the usual projections...
View ArticleThe Pulse shooting is already political
I am horrified and enraged at the shooting that took place last night in Orlando, Florida at the Pulse nightclub. This one hits close to home to me as a gay man. Though I don’t spend too much time in...
View ArticleMarijuana emergency?
I found this gem on /r/nottheonion. A father in his fifties decides to sneak a few brownies from a stash his kids left in his car. The results, while understandably disconcerting for the family...
View ArticleWhy the "Forgiveness 2016" graphic gets it wrong
You may have seen the image on the left circulating after Sam Kalidi posted it on Twitter. More recently, the “Forgiveness 2016” graphic on the right has been making the rounds on Facebook, and the...
View ArticleReality Check
I am among the many who are aghast that Donald Trump has been elected president. It is hard to swallow the fact that someone who threatens to exact political vengeance on his opponents, who talks about...
View ArticleAre we entering a period of destruction?
Trump’s dangerous rhetoric during his campaign has many of us fearing the worst for our freedom. Are we at the beginning of a destructive phase in the cycle of history? How can we tell, and how can we...
View ArticleHow do I engage with a retail schedule?
I wish I could be marching today with some of my friends in Denver. Today is a work day for me, though. Perhaps I could have taken the day off, but I needed my time off a week ago to recover from...
View ArticleReport from #SwampCabinet action at Senator Gardner's office
I took part in an event today organized by MoveOn.org to oppose Trump's cabinet nominees. While it did involve quite a bit of standing around in the cold, I had a very positive experience. People were...
View ArticleAuthority and Science
David Roberts has an excellent piece on Scott Pruitt's climate denialism and how it fits into our broader political culture over on Vox. Please do go read it. His main point is that all of this is...
View ArticleWho is tweeting #fuckparis?
Seriously, who? After a few minutes of scrolling through the search results for the hashtag on Twitter, I have found few posts actually mentioning the hashtag for its purported use, and many many more...
View ArticleWhat excites me about Sanders for President? Hint: it's not Bernie.
I like and respect Bernie Sanders. He probably first came to my attention in the early years of Obama's presidency, when I was following the congressional fights over the budget and over Obamacare. I...
View ArticleColorado Democratic Caucus at Rocky Mountain High School
This is my first time at a caucus. I'm trying to post from inside, but my connection is spotty. I might wind up needing to publish later.The turnout is huge. I'm pretty sure we're violating many...
View ArticleClimate Change and Human Timescales; Can we adapt fast enough?
In August 2015, a bunch of scientists submitted a comment to Nature Climate Change about the need to consider the effects of climate change far into the future — much farther than the usual projections...
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