identity politics

A recent experience and an article, "Politics and Work Can be a Volatile Mixture", have me thinking this morning how dualistic American political dialogue is in 2008. Blogs and forums are continuous and yet real, nitty-gritty porch conversations and work conversations (about the issues) are hard to come by. I hope I'm not overgeneralizing, but here's the word.  Read More »

The liberals had Camelot, and the conservatives had Ronald Reagan. Since the 1980s we have been blundering along, hoping for a President who would do the United States better than Reagan's successor, George Bush. Every election year, I get excited, wondering who could be elected, who I could count on to beat the candidate put forth by the Democratic Party.  Read More »

I'm sure you've heard this before--after all, in the heated race for the Democratic party's nomination, both sides of this argument are being argued.  Read More »

Abortion! Pro-choice! Pro-life! Here is something nobody seems to have looked at yet about abortion--so I've decided to tackle it myself. Are you ready?!

Now, if you're not a believer in "the soul" and all that jazz, then this is for your general hypothetical education--not something to seriously consider.  Read More »

Disclaimer: I am in the process of educating myself on trans issues, so I will shortly have an entry focusing on trans and gender-related terms. 

Last summer, when I was making preparations to give a workshop on queer issues for allies, my co-presenter frantically found me five minutes before the workshop was due to start.

 "What does bi-curious, fluid, downe, queer, questioning, and pansexual mean?" he asked, worriedly. That's when I realized that the terms weren't in as widespread use as I thought they were. That, and a thread on my ProgressiveU blog made me decide to write this primer.  Read More »