I’ve yet to find anyone who shares my feelings, but I was quite uncomfortable with former President Barack Obama’s first public speaking opportunity upon
Category: Activism
What Republicans have done to our Nation’s Capital
Several weeks ago, I flew into Washington, DC, much as I had done for the first time back in March, 1963. Flying over government
The Global Gag Rule Is Back: The Human Cost
Do you remember last year’s reports of undecided voters who vowed not to cast ballots in the 2016 presidential election because they just couldn’t
Are we in the midst of a progressive awakening?
Are we in the midst of a progressive awakening? Are the marches, rallies, and town-hall meetings the beginnings of a committed and long-term movement?
“A Message to Trump from Climate Scientists”
At the annual gathering of The American Geophysical Union in fall of 2016, more than twenty-three thousand earth and space scientists from around the
Put trigger warnings in their proper place: on actual triggers
I’m sure that the college students and mental health professionals who have been leading the effort to impose trigger warnings on textbooks and reading
Net Neutrality: Round Two
It looks like Trump-appointee Ajit Pai over at the FCC is setting his sights on unraveling regulations that guarantee net neutrality. This radical change
Tension mounts with Islamophobic speaker scheduled at Truman State
When I woke up this morning, I was outraged to discover that $3,050 in Truman State University funds (taken from the non-optional “student activity
States pick up slack from Trump with populist legislation
Has Donald Trump made good on his campaign’s populist message? If you believe that populism means advocating for the interests of ordinary people over
Just in time: the “Inconvenient Sequel”
“Don’t let anybody tell you we’re going to get on rocket ships and live on Mars. This is our home.” Eleven years after “An