Tag: Donald Trump

Reflecting on our decision to protest Tom Corbett’s fracking moves on Memorial Day 2014

May 28, 2018

In 2014, I co-organized a Memorial Day protest against former Governor Tom Corbett’s opening of state parks to the natural gas industry. I wrote this piece for a conference I attended the following fall as a reflection on environmental protest as a form of public moral education. It’s wonky at points, but heartfelt nonetheless. Given … More Reflecting on our decision to protest Tom Corbett’s fracking moves on Memorial Day 2014

An arms race in public schools will destroy the public school system. For whose advantage?

February 24, 2018

We don’t need arms races within the United States. But we have them. We need arms control in the United States. But we sorely lack it. The gun rights fundamentalists are trying to weaponize every part of American life, including schools. There are actually people, including Donald Trump, who want us to seriously consider weaponizing … More An arms race in public schools will destroy the public school system. For whose advantage?

Game on. We want a just, sane, and sustainable world? Then we are the ones who are going to do it.

January 26, 2018

“No one can survive in this world without help. No one.” ~ Ser Jorah Mormont, Game of Thrones  On the the night that Donald Trump was elected, I went to sleep feeling like my insides had been carved out. I was stunned. Shaken. Despondent. The next day I woke up more clear-eyed. It was clarifying to … More Game on. We want a just, sane, and sustainable world? Then we are the ones who are going to do it.

LNMB Tax Plan: Leave No Megadonor Behind

December 4, 2017

The “tax boondoggle” was made for the Corporatopia. It transfers our money into the hands of the super-wealthy, offshore for mega-companies like Google and the big banks, special provisions for those poor little oil and gas companies. Meanwhile, it micromanages the poor while screwing them over. Something or other happens to the middle class.   … More LNMB Tax Plan: Leave No Megadonor Behind

Evan McMullin is right. Unity, freedom, and people of good will defeat tyranny.

December 8, 2016

“The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.”― Edmund Burke During the election, I followed former CIA official and 2016 presidential candidate Evan Mcmullin and his biggest Republican proponent, strategist Rick Wilson.As a lifelong Republican his positions are hardly progressive, but some we might have common ground on. Don’t get me wrong. I was a Sanders … More Evan McMullin is right. Unity, freedom, and people of good will defeat tyranny.

Is resisting Donald Trump our lunch counter sit-in moment? Would you join us?

September 12, 2016

[Updated today, 9.12.2016, in light of recent reports about the white supremacists, neo-Nazis, and Alt-Right folks supporting Trump.] “Love is understanding, creative, redemptive goodwill for all men. When it becomes a great and powerful love, it becomes a demanding love which demands justice. It becomes a love which says in substance, ‘You are your brother’s keeper. … More Is resisting Donald Trump our lunch counter sit-in moment? Would you join us?

Bernie Sanders will be the next American President

January 17, 2016

There is no other person running who understands the state of our nation better and has laid out a path for how to rectify our common plights in a complicated world. On issue after issue–from the pilfering of our collective safety nets by parasitic capitalists to climate change to our individual freedoms and responsibilities to our … More Bernie Sanders will be the next American President