The Centre Daily Times is asking you if you’ve been impacted by the Trump administration’s attacks on the federal government and the American people. Have Trump, Elon Musk, Russel Vought, or their apparatchiks shoved you out, sent you an abusive email, or targeted you for elimination? Has Elon Musk targeted you in one of his … More Pennsylvanians, share your story of being attacked by Trump & DOGE
Yesterday was Martin Luther King, Jr. Day for 2025 and Inauguration Day for Donald Trump for the second time. I accept these facts, their juxtaposition and paradox. All I know is that I am in control of myself, that I am called to something greater than myself, and that the climate action and ecological citizenship … More As Gandalf said, “All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”
“A second Trump term is game over for the climate – really!” That’s what Michael Mann told The Guardian. “If we are going to avert ever more catastrophic climate change impacts, we need to limit warming below a degree and a half Celsius, a little less than three degrees Fahrenheit. Another four years of what … More We have to get s*** done for the climate regardless of who is in the White House.
Last week, my son completed his college application essay. He chose to write about what he learned about himself and about leadership by serving on two hiring committees at his school. He goes to a “democratic school fostering choice, voice, and diversity of thought to develop engaged citizens and inspired leaders.” The particulars of his … More If the last week was a college application essay, Harris would get in. Trump definitely wouldn’t.
My community is ground zero in the fight for America’s future. We affectionately call our home “Happy Valley.” It surrounds Penn State University (where I work). A blue dot in the middle of red counties, we believe in the promise of a democratic republic rooted in freedom, individual dignity, environmental integrity, innovation, and equal opportunity. … More We fight for freedom. The Christo-fascists want to steal it.
We are now under two weeks until Election Day 2024. With Donald Trump seeking office a second time, citizens should understand that Trump’s own cabinet and a swath of staunch Republicans oppose him. For those RepublIcans who revere the Constitution and believe in the rule of law–folks who supported Nikki Haley but worry about Kamala … More The great warning: Those closest to Trump are not voting for him.
Trump’s and the Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025 is a regressive manifesto that places far right fundamentalist Christianity over Americans’ liberty. It is an all-out assault on women’s autonomy. Two years ago, the six reactionary Christians on the Court wiped out women’s privacy, women’s autonomy, and a woman’s right to plan her family. On numerous occasions, … More The Assault on Women’s Rights: Project 2025
Pastor E,
You have told me many times that your religion is not politics and my politics are a religion. You are concerned with more eternal things, the teachings and words of Christ, and the end of abortion. For some time, I took these statements seriously, considering each of them a worthwhile proposition. As you know, I temporarily curtailed my own behavior, in part as a response to what you’d said. Having soberly thought about your behavior, though, and the behavior of many pastors in the Evangelical church, your collective flock’s behavior, and their unwavering support for the Make America Great Again movement, I have concluded that the Evangelical Church has become so fixated on power that it has subordinated everything to a single end—a Christian nation made its own warped image. … More Final letter to an enemy of American democracy
I’ve been looking at how ailing democracy intersects with other risks. The practice and project of democracy in our republic is essential to the function of a free people. The free and fair election is the core institution on which all others rest. Attacks on elections attack the Constitution and all the rights it upholds. … More In the U.S. vs. Itself, we have to defend elections to defend freedom.
On January 6th, hold Lesson 2 from On Tyranny by Timothy Snyder at the front of your mind. “2. Defend Institutions: It is institutions that help us preserve decency. They need our help as well. Do not speak of “our institutions” unless you make them yours by acting on their behalf. [In a democracy, that … More Defend Institutions: The Lesson of January 6th
Peter Walks for Democracy 