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September 14, 2011

“I’ve Never Liked Politics”

I found this poem searching through a file in my computer called “Works In Progress.” I had forgotten about it entirely, but thought it might be worth sharing…

Filed Under: poetry, politics, Slideshow Tagged With: orthodondure, poetry, politics

August 24, 2009

The answer, my friend…

A few weeks ago I heard a man speaking about aid work. At one point, in the middle of a litany of problems in the world, he spoke of “countries where the winds of political change are blowing.” I don’t know whether anyone else noticed what was happening through the plate glass windows behind him […]

Filed Under: Observations, politics Tagged With: agency, empowerment, politics, winds of change

November 10, 2008

A quick post-election blog

… in between all the baby photos (more soon, you can be sure). My sister Kathy, who is a first year law student at Cornell with a focus on working on our broken death penalty system, wrote a piece on her blog entitled “Now What? A Note to my Co-Liberals.” It’s a good read, whether […]

Filed Under: Peace Work, politics Tagged With: Barack Obama, Kathy LaMotte, politics

October 9, 2008

An email I just got

I got an email from an old friend in Wyoming today. It disturbed me. I’ll include the text of the original email here and my response to it below that. I was writing primarily to a Christian friend of mine, and I write to her in that context, so forgive me if it’s a little […]

Filed Under: politics Tagged With: Muslim, Obama, politics

August 18, 2008

Well Put

This is an op-ed in the religious section of the Washington Post regarding the McCain/Obama/Warren ‘conversation’ at the Saddleback Church yesterday. If you’re looking at politics from a Christian perspective, or interested in that conversation, it’s well worth a read.

Filed Under: politics Tagged With: Christianity, Faith, McCain, Obama, politics, Rick Warren, Saddleback

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Looking back on 2020

December 30, 2020

We are almost there, friends... 2020 is coming to a close. As the Washington Post wrote this morning, 2020 has been 97 months long, and it's hard to remember all that has happened. I kind of like … Read More

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"The cover art is by artist Scott Neely, who doodled this guitar drawing while actually sitting at a concert of mine, listening to me play my instrumental song Shadows."
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