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Why I’m Not a Republican
I used to be a stalwart Republican. I voted Republican in every election until Donald Trump ran for President. (I voted for Barack Obama’s second term, but I still voted Republican down ballot. I had no qualms about doing that because I believed at the time that sharing power across parties acted as a check…
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Fundamental Inequalities
In my youth I was very interested in ideas. Had I known it at the time, I was interested in philosophical questions: How can I know that I know something? How can I be sure what is real and what is not? I read a book by S. I. Hayakawa called Language in Thought and…
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A Glimpse Into How I Read the Bible
I wrote the article below in 1983 when I was in college. We had visiting speakers talking about creation and evolution. It was my view at the time that both speakers mishandled the scripture, using it improperly to “prove” their points. The article was printed in the college newspaper, and I still stand by it.…
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Dressing in Drag
There have been only a few times in my life when I dressed as a girl or woman. It hasn’t been a habit with me, nor did I feel like I was challenging gender norms or doing anything especially transgressive. The first time, as far as I can recall, was when I was 14 or…
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Pegged
I think every human being experiences some tension between wanting to belong and wanting to be seen as a unique individual. In recent years that tension has become increasingly politicized. I grew up in a family devoted to Christ. Some of my earliest memories are of church, and they were overwhelmingly positive. I enjoyed the…