Phairness Doctrine

Jesus loves the little children All the children of the world Red and Yellow, Black and White They are precious in his sight Jesus loves the little children of the world Singing this song is one of my earliest memories from growing up going to Sunday school. It taught me that all of us, no matter what we look like or where we come from, are loved by the God we were gathering to worship twice on Sundays and Wednesday nights.  This song taught me that I should accept those who might look differently than me (which, growing up in a small, whites only town in Indiana, was a rare occurrence, to be sure), because GOD loved them.  That was the point, wasn't it? That if God loved these people, then we should, too? This week we saw a story about the popular, and notoriously anti-LGBTQ, food chain Chick-fil-A and the reaction some on the right had when discovering Chick-fil-A's website included a section on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) and that they had "just hired" a...

Question: Who, exactly, are the Republicans negotiating against in this debt ceiling hostage taking exercise they’re currently undertaking? When you negotiate with someone, it usually goes something like this: there’s something you want, and there’s something they want. And then you haggle back and forth, each side trying to get THEIR side of the deal done to their greatest benefit.  But, what is the Democrat’s “side” in this so-called negotiation? What is the thing they want, that the Republicans don’t? Consider these numbers from 1960 - 2023: 78 - debit limit raises, extensions or revisions 49 - under Republican presidents 29 - under Democratic presidents 0 - times defaulted Included in those numbers are the 3 times the debt ceiling was raised in just 4 years under Trump. Funny enough, no negotiations were necessary. The reason why the debt ceiling has been raised so many times with NO instances of default is because the debt ceiling is NOT a partisan issue.  It’s an America...

What’s so hard to believe that a generation of kids who grew up being subjected to Active Shooter drills as a regular part of their educational experience have finally gotten SICK AND TIRED of waiting on politicians beholden to NRA/gun manufacturer money to do something about it? We haven’t protected them like we should have, so they are going to stand up and do it themselves.  We shouldn’t be surprised.  One thing we know for sure, “more guns” as the solution hasn’t worked. It’s a complicated and layered issue and will need more than the tried and tested “Add Guns” approach that continues to allow guns to get into the wrong hands, far too easily.  It’s past time we explore the “well-regulated” powers of the 2nd Amendment. It’s there for a reason.  We can start by treating guns like we do our cars. 

With all the time and energy being spent by Republican politicians hell bent on eradicating drag show performers from the face of the earth, you’d think there would be a parade of stories documenting all the drag queens being arrested for nefarious behaviors with children.  And yet, time after time, the perpetrators come from the churches.  While no one seems to care. For instance, this story about hundreds of Baptist leaders and members accused and found guilty of sexual abuse of children came out last June.  Did you even see this story at the time? Where was the Republican’s moral outrage and demand for eradication of the church, or at the least some kind of oppressive government oversight that would make conducting church services untenable?  Where was the legislation, at any level, to crack down on this behavior in the church? House investigations looking at the habitual abuse? Senators visiting churches for photo ops? Nah, none of that happened. The story just ...