Equity

I know – this concept has been taken up and down and all around so many times it has become boring. But equity isn’t a boring concept, and it isn’t…

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Constitutional?

LifeWise is a ministry that is an extension of Stand For Truth Ministries, a fundamentalist group headed by Joel Penton, a former Ohio State football player. This group (LifeWise) promotes a “bible-believing”…

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New Things

At a meeting the other night a retired physician, whom I greatly respect and have known for over 20 years, said that at the age of 86, “I feel like…

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Fighting Fascism

Today is the 80th anniversary of D-Day (the D was actually just a placeholder that has no actual meaning); when over 300,000 Allied troops stormed the beach at Normandy, France.…

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Love Heals Trauma

I recently listened to an interview on WHYY with Dr. Frank Anderson, a psychiatrist who is an expert in trauma. Although he had worked with many patients and written books…

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Dominant Masculinity

The other day I saw an interview in which Jerry Seinfeld said, “I like a real man.” He went on to name a few: JFK, Mohammed Ali, Howard Cosell (what?).…

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You’re Smart? That’s Nice

The 2011 movie, “The Help”, was a remarkable piece of storytelling. In the movie, there is a touching scene in which the nanny, Aibileen, tells Mae, the child she is…

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