Category Archives: Issues

Social issues. Legal issues. Society issues.

The Oddest Coupling is the Dumbest

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It’s no secret that Americans are very divided on politics.  I wish I knew how to fix that, but I don’t.  I don’t think anyone does. But now politics are showing up in all kinds of places that politics don’t belong.  Conspiracies and other kinds of crazy talk are popping up in the silliest places imaginable. Some of the dumber… Read more »

Be Quiet?

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There is a new phrase sweeping the interwebs- “quiet quitting”.  Depending on who you listen to, this is either a logical response be being overworked and underpaid, or the work of Satan itself and yet another sign that young people are lazy.  As is almost always the case, the truth is somewhere in the middle. I’m offering a different perspective… Read more »

Grand Expectations

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I have been a very vocal advocate of the child free life.  My husband and I have been married for 16 years and we knew going in we were not going to have human children (we have cats). I’m brining it up again not to beat that drum again, but rather to bring up another gripe of mine.  The expectation… Read more »

You Can’t Blame Joe for That

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As long as the United States as existed blaming the President for things that he didn’t actually do/ control/ contribute to has been one of our national pastimes.  It’s easy to blame someone you’ve never met for all your problems.  Social media makes this easier to do than ever. Joe Biden is certainly no stranger to public critique, having been… Read more »

Heard It

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Unless you’ve been living under a rock you know that actor Johnny Depp recently won a defamation lawsuit against his ex wife Amber Heard.  This was a big deal for a lot of reasons, not least of which is that Johnny Depp’s team presented convincing evidence that HE was the victim of domestic abuse, and not Amber as she had… Read more »

The Illogical Logic of Being Anti-Trans

June is Pride Month.  While we should support equal rights for all people regardless of their sexual and/ or gender orientation year round, it’s especially important to increase our understanding of the issues these folks face this month. So, today I’m taking on a question about transgender people specifically that’s bugged me for a while now.  That is the notion… Read more »