Perspectives

I routinely over-analyze things everything in fact. It's tiring yes but for the longest time I accepted it is part of being me. I'm predominantly left-brained. I don't think of it so much as a scientific definition but a function of personality. There's nothing inherently bad about being a left-brained person but I think that's what can make it all the more insidious. The left … [Read more...] about Experience the right-brain world

As the United States continues to grapple with equality for gays in the workplace schools and in marriage we witness once more the dangers of the church preaching outdated verses and interpreting them with no less fervor than when the country struggled with rationalizing slavery and female oppression.After the United States established the Atlantic slave trade the church … [Read more...] about Intolerance begs revision

The system is broken. Look around and you will see a society that may seem as if it is striving toward lofty ideals: equality compassion sustainability. However a look below the surface— a look at the far-reaching implications of all our collective choices— shows that something fundamentally opposed to these values is actually occurring.Due to the corruption of a … [Read more...] about Change your heart change the system

On March 21 I got a panicked phone call from my mother. Hearing her even but obviously aggrieved tone I couldn't help but think of those movie scenes in which policemen solemnly approach the door of a death victim's family. "Lindsey— it passed 219 to 212."She was talking about the passage of the health care bill and the dire police scene wasn't too far off base. To her in … [Read more...] about Middle class benched in politics game

California voters have finally done it. Nearly 700000 signatures were gathered and submitted to the California secretary of state to put a measure on the ballot this November that would legalize the possession and sale of marijuana. But before the Harolds and Kumars of the world rejoice they will have to take an actual look at the proposed measure. While it does legalize … [Read more...] about Voters to determine legality of pot