Month: August 2017

Cold Civil War

Amy Goodman of Democracy Now asked the great-great-grandsons of Stonewall Jackson (who are calling to have confederate statues removed) “As you watched what happened in Charlottesville, do you feel like there is a kind of new civil war in this country?” Let’s be clear: we are not seeing a “new civil war” in the USA….


Overcoming, and sustaining, inherited beliefs

This article was brought to my attention on Facebook some months ago: http://www.goodhousekeeping.com/life/parenting/a43702/transgender-child-kimberly-shappley/ There’s so much to respond to in this article. I wrote this response to it, but sat on it without publishing until now. It’s no longer timely, but I think the issues are still relevant. First of all, this story is a…