A friend gifted with wisdom beyond her years sat on a park bench and said these words: Baby, you have to stop thinking and just feel it all. Any other choice will break you in the end. A moment that launched a thousand more, it was both a culmination and an introduction … an admonishment […]
Life
A Promise
Today I will smile, and it will be beautiful.
The Content of My Character
“…the sexual orientation of my parents has had zero effect on the content of my character.” – Zach Wahls This speech was given during the public forum on House Joint Resolution 6 in the Iowa House of Representatives. FWIW, the resolution passed the House, but it is unlikely to even make it to the floor […]
In Memoriam
On this, the 9th anniversary of the attack on the World Trade Center and the assassination of 2,977 civilians, I pause to reflect on what got us to that point and why we have only moved backward from that day. Suffering is a human condition; it is not the domain of any one country or […]
And the Lion Roars
“I was not the lion, but it fell to me to give the lion’s roar.” Â – Winston Churchill
To Be Explicit…
No, I don’t row.