Our families are wise and caring. Trump is attacking them.

Over my ten years in municipal and school government, higher education, and non-profit leadership, I have witnessed children and families advocate for each other and our community. As I share in an op-ed piece today at StateCollege.com, they are “wise and trustworthy. We should listen. They have urged the municipal board in Ferguson township that … More Our families are wise and caring. Trump is attacking them.

Don’t insult religion, experience, and science at the same time.

Earlier this week, new Environmental Destruction Agency Administrator, Lee Zeldin, said “We are driving a dagger through the heart of climate-change religion and ushering in America’s Golden Age.” Using the word “religion” as an insult is self-defeating. Here’s why. He’s implying that religions are disconnected from reality. The natural conclusion of this is that religions … More Don’t insult religion, experience, and science at the same time.

Kitzmiller v. Dover: A Trial Reveals a Plan to Transform American Life

This entry begins my journey back through what’s motivated me to explore “The Mindful Ecological Citizen.” In 2004, Tammy Kitzmiller and 10 other parents filed a lawsuit against the Dover School District for passing an “intelligent design” policy that called the Theory of Evolution into question. Covering the story for a small paper, I came … More Kitzmiller v. Dover: A Trial Reveals a Plan to Transform American Life

Final letter to an enemy of American democracy

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