Finding Unexpected Answers to Lifelong Issues On Friday, I finally made the time (and summoned up the courage) to see my primary care doctor and discuss a recent realization I had. A while back I was on the phone with my sister-in-law, who happens to be a special education teacher…

Recent Reads on Politics & Social Issues It should come as no surprise that writers are also big readers. As a political and social issue writer, many of the books I read are in the same vein. …

A Review of Diane Chamberlain’s The Last House on the Street I’ve written about my personal political journey from right-of-center to liberal a few times in the past (here is the most recent), but it’s something I’ve been thinking quite a bit about lately. When I began to make that…

How Christian Nationalism, Conservative Psychology, Conspiracy Theories, & Online Radicalization Fueled an Insurrection PART II: Conspiracy Theories & Online Radicalization (See Part I here.) Far be it from scientists and legitimate journalistic truth-seekers to report reality. Instead, the Trump era gave way to a comical, fantastical, larger-than-life interpretation of everything from crowd sizes to the downplaying of…

How Christian Nationalism, Conservative Psychology, Conspiracy Theories, & Online Radicalization Fueled an Insurrection PART I: Christian Nationalism & Conservative Psychology One year ago, while Congress was in session to certify the electoral college votes for the 2020 election, a group of Trump supporters stormed the Capitol, presumably to overthrow the election results — and possibly, the government…

America’s Beloved Golden Girl & Conservative Hypocrisy By now, most everyone has heard about the comedy of errors that resulted in the conservative catchphrase “Let’s Go Brandon!”. If you have a boomer relative that frequently shared images of Trump with Jesus (or Charles Manson) hovering over his shoulder or walking…

How data is being misrepresented to mislead and manipulate pro-life voters As I outlined in Part I of this post: Focus on the Family has so manipulated the study results they report to uphold their biased views on abortion that they have entirely overstepped ethical and moral boundaries, which is…

How data is being misrepresented to mislead and manipulate pro-life voters After the Supreme Court allowed Texas’s most recent abortion laws to stand last week, there have been many conversations about the dangerous precedence it sets for anti-abortion legislation. Unsurprisingly, though, it has also spurred a renewed debate over the…