Category: Foundations
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The State is Your Daddy
Reading Time: 3 minutesIt’s been my policy to ignore the Republicans. However, I feel I should say something about the government shutdown and the House tax bill. Since the Republicans control both houses of Congress I suspect that they actually want the shutdown to happen. Therefore, their threats represent a clear and present danger and…
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Humanity at the Crossroads
Reading Time: < 1 minuteI just read the New York Times article about the baby homes in Ireland. Patriarchal ‘morality’ creates a throwaway culture. It turns love to hatred, beauty to ugliness, and human kindness to cruelty. If we really want to make things better we have to let it go. [1] [1] Ireland wanted…
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Irreconcilable Differences?
Reading Time: < 1 minuteWe’re all aware of the conflict in the Catholic Church between those who want the Church to be more modern and those who want it to maintain traditional discipline and forms of worship. For those of us on the outside, the public comments have been so cryptic and contradictory it’s impossible…
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This is How We Should Talk to Each Other
Reading Time: < 1 minuteTwo Italian designers made a statement about gay marriage that turned out to be very controversial. However, I believe this is how we should talk to each other. Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana said in a recent interview that they oppose gay adoptions. They also oppose gay marriage. They believe ‘the…
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It Depends on Your Definition of Tradition
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe birth control debate has focused on single women. However married couples depend on birth control more consistently than single people. I’d like to invite the legislators to include married women in the discussion. There is a disconnect in our understanding of sexual relations in marriage. We laugh about old television…
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A Challenge to Politics As Usual
Reading Time: 4 minutesIf we limit the conversation to what we can realistically do, our choices are limited. But if we’re talking theory, anything is possible. Since I’m in charge of my own theoretical world, I’ll offer some solutions. I’ll start with solutions to environmental problems. Any changes in politics and economics will be limited…
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Reproductive Rights & Female Status
Reading Time: 4 minutesThe dialogue about women has not been flattering lately. Officially, it’s centered around reproductive rights, but in between the lines the brutal tactics convey something else. Most recently we’ve been confronted with callous hospital policy. One hospital risks a mother’s death from complications of pregnancy. The other keeps a dead woman on…
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Onan and the Patriarchal Agenda
Reading Time: 8 minutesThis issue of women’s rights is at the center of any serious discussion about political reform. It can be argued that women’s rights are synonymous with human rights, or that the repression of women is the foundation of all repression. Every repressive regime in the world has developed a rationale for limiting…
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Nadya Suleman and the Dark Side of Reality
Reading Time: 4 minutesNadya Suleman’s story did not have to go in this direction. However, the headlines have chosen to paint a picture of Nadya Suleman and the Dark Side of Reality. In the last few years two diverse opinions were voiced. One was caring and the other was condemning. Condemnation has been the more…