Reflections on the road
The 2025 Precious Hearts Tour is underway. Watch for a post early next week. I love visiting my seldom-seen friends. It’s the purpose for the trip, and a high attainable …
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The most wonderful time of the year
I was waiting for an online meeting to start a minute ago and a colleague asked how things were going. I said “oh, this time of year I just hook …
The “political difference” of hating transgender people
I don’t write about my transgender daughter much—not because she is a secret, but because she just mostly wants to live her life. She just started graduate school after earning …
Letter #11: Dale Strong, take three
Dale Strong almost (?) met with the public last week.
Letter #10: Doug Jones
I don’t know how much this is really like Rey extending Luke’s lightsaber to him at the end of The Force Awakens, but that’s what I thought of.
Trump should not speak at University of Alabama commencement ceremonies
No time for snail mail this time, as there may still be some hope to register enough immediate discontent. Emailed this morning: Dear President Bell and Provost’s Office representatives, I …
Letter #9: Dale Strong, take two
This is actually my third letter to Dale Strong. I didn’t make a post out of the one I hand-delivered to his Huntsville office last month. The reply I received …
Letter #8: W
Please excuse some substantial recycling of language from my first letter to Dr. Condoleezza Rice. I did update a couple of things to reflect the current state of horror. I …
Letter #7: Stoking a young Republican’s display of courage
U.S. Representative Mike Lawler, R-NY, actually complained about the effects of Trump’s ongoing assault on the country this week. He should be encouraged. I have done so. (Are you missing …
Letter #6: Representative Self opens transgender discussion
I mean, you knew I’d get there. This is the first. It won’t be the last. Keep fighting the good fight, Madam McBride. As it happens, there is ancillary …