Archive for domestic violence
Projecting A Cyber Snowball from my Laptop
Just a few short minutes ago, as the snow began to really pile up and the wind to howl, I hit “send” on the manuscript my seven co-authors and I have been working on for what seems like a decade. (In fact, the project began with a symposium almost two years ago; we signed with [...]
What’s Wrong with CBS, the Super Bowl, and Football
This will be the official Grouch Post for January. One of them, anyway.
Maybe you’ve heard by now about CBS’s decisions on ads for the Super Bowl. They’ve decided to “relax” their policy against advocacy ads to allow one from Focus on the Family that uses NFL star Tim Tebow and his mother to condemn abortion. [...]
Equality Forum Day 1: From VIP Kickoff to the Margins
Imagine this life: You’re not safe at school. The very sight of you makes people uncomfortable, sometimes angry. Your family disowns you, but no one else will adopt you or take you in for foster care. Without mooring, and unsure of your own identity, you turn to drugs and alcohol, perhaps landing in jail. You [...]
Iowa Marriage Decision: Further Thoughts and Some Perspective
With the ramparts crumbling all around them, marriage equality opponents seem to be left with two talking points, which are really cris de coeur, the last howlings of a doomed defense. First, they fall back on their definition of marriage. Thus, the Iowa Supreme Court, in recognizing the marriages of same-sex couples, has spoken an [...]
Beyond — Way Beyond — Rihanna
Yesterday, as I was returning my rental car after a mostly pleasant Florida vacation to visit both sets of grandparents, I witnessed a sickening scene that I was powerless to affect.
An SUV pulled in right behind our bare-bones Corolla. Out came mom, dad, and a boy of about three or four. Based on their clothing and [...]