Monthly Archives: May 2022

I thought a good guy with a gun was supposed to be able to stop a bad guy with a gun.

I thought a good guy with a gun was supposed to be able to stop a bad guy with a gun. It turns out that 19 good guys with a gun can’t even stop one bad guy with a gun.  … Continue reading

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It’s Tuesday and we have Another School Shooting. Ho hum.

It’s Tuesday and we have another school shooting. This one is in Uvalde, Texas, at the Robb Elementary School, about 85 miles west of San Antonio. It comes exactly 9 years, 5 months and 10 days after the Sandy Hook … Continue reading

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What did we Expect would happen after 30 years of hate radio and Fox News?

If you’ve ever done any kind of personal growth work you know that one of the central tenets of a lot of such work is that, while you cannot necessarily control the world around you, you can control your response … Continue reading

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Does the Bible prohibit Abortion? (Spoiler alert: the answer is “no.”)

With “pro-life” evangelicals and other Christian conservatives about to achieve their wet dream — the imminent repeal of Roe v. Wade — one question that arises is, does the Bible prohibit abortion. And the answer is: absolutely not. First of … Continue reading

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The Forgotten Ninth Amendment and its Relation to Abortion

As we discuss the potential repercussions of the decision in Dobbs vs. Jackson Women’s Health Organization — the one where Justice Alito is apparently willing to overturn Roe v. Wade — I just want to point out to the legal … Continue reading

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What happens now with the abortion situation?

As I predicted yesterday, a big focus of the leaked Supreme Court decision is going to be the question of who leaked the draft opinion. Chief Justice John Roberts has already ordered an investigation to identify the leaker. Wouldn’t it … Continue reading

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No one should be surprised that the Supreme Court is planning on overturning Roe v. Wade

Well, really no one should be surprised that the Supreme Court is poised to overturn the Roe v. Wade decision, or that Justices Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett and Neil Gorsuch (all Trump appointees) are voting with the majority. … Continue reading

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