Don’t Choose Hatred (My Latest Challenge to the Conservatives)
This piece will be running, over this coming week, in newspapers in my very red congressional…
Tag: good and evil
The Kavanaugh/Garland Contrast Reveals the Democrats’ Profound “Awakening” —…
The Trump Factor How did this transformation -- from weak to strong, from reticent to bold, from…
Response to a Right-Wing Troll: My Challenge to the Republicans
This piece has appeared in several newspapers in my red congressional District (VA--6).…
# 1 Press the Battle: Launching a New Series on How Liberal America Might Best Combat the Force that…
Last year, in a series titled “A Better Human Story,” I laid out a framework for understanding –…
Trump is Giving Idiots, Morons, and Children an Undeserved Bad Name
For months, we've been hearing about the privately expressed opinions of people who work with…
A Better Human Story # 11– Humankind as Tragic Hero
Previous installments in this "Better Human Story" series can be found here.…
From “The Lord of the Rings,” A Speech for Our Times
This speech comes at the end of the second film in the Lord of the Rings trilogy ("The Two…
A Better Human Story #9 – Understanding Evil
Understanding Evil The effort to understand evil has a long history in our civilization. At a…
How Evil Can Become Dominant in a Democracy
The Teeter Totter Image Surely it must be clear that in America, over the past generation, the…
A Better Human Story # 7– How Seeing “A Force of Evil” Changed My Life
You can find the earlier entries in this series here. ********* (This piece could also be called…
