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Category Archives: Politics

Maternity Leave: A Man’s Job

February 22, 2017

James Green, Vice Chairman of the Wasatch County Republicans, recently wrote a letter in which he expressed sincere concern for all those men and …

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Joey Tribbiani, Cups, and the Unimpeachable Donald Trump

February 15, 2017

Almost 20 years ago, Friends scored an easy laugh when Joey was introduced to the game of Cups. “Poor, dumb Joey,” the audience thought. …

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Want to stop being called racist? Hey, here’s a crazy idea for you…

February 9, 2017

Yesterday, Senator Ted Cruz said of the Democrats, “It’s one of the crutches – when they don’t have any other arguments, they …

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Ben on CNN.com: Stay engaged with Trump supporters

February 8, 2017

Published today on cnn.com, I argue that respect and engagement are our only path forward as a nation.  An excerpt: I am …

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Hold the Line

February 7, 2017

I understand political differences. I teach political philosophy. My students would tell you I give much more vocal defenses of …

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At least I know I’m free

February 6, 2017

(Originally posted November 10, 2016.  To be honest, this post was pretty ungracious on my part. The day after the …

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A prayer for the president-elect

February 6, 2017

(Originally posted November 9, 2016) I’ll be praying the following prayer (or some version of it) for the foreseeable future. …

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Some thoughts on same-sex marriage

February 6, 2017

(Originally posted June 27, 2015) To those fellow-believers who have argued that “The government didn’t create marriage so the government …

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The Con

February 6, 2017

You voted for Trump because Clinton was going to be in Wall Street’s pocket. Trump wants to repeal Dodd-Frank and …

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