Maternity Leave: A Man’s Job
James Green, Vice Chairman of the Wasatch County Republicans, recently wrote a letter in which he expressed sincere concern for all those men and …
Category Archives: Politics
Joey Tribbiani, Cups, and the Unimpeachable Donald Trump
Almost 20 years ago, Friends scored an easy laugh when Joey was introduced to the game of Cups. “Poor, dumb Joey,” the audience thought. …
Want to stop being called racist? Hey, here’s a crazy idea for you…
Yesterday, Senator Ted Cruz said of the Democrats, “It’s one of the crutches – when they don’t have any other arguments, they …
Ben on CNN.com: Stay engaged with Trump supporters
Published today on cnn.com, I argue that respect and engagement are our only path forward as a nation. An excerpt: I am …
Hold the Line
I understand political differences. I teach political philosophy. My students would tell you I give much more vocal defenses of …
At least I know I’m free
(Originally posted November 10, 2016. To be honest, this post was pretty ungracious on my part. The day after the …
A prayer for the president-elect
(Originally posted November 9, 2016) I’ll be praying the following prayer (or some version of it) for the foreseeable future. …
Some thoughts on same-sex marriage
(Originally posted June 27, 2015) To those fellow-believers who have argued that “The government didn’t create marriage so the government …
The Con
You voted for Trump because Clinton was going to be in Wall Street’s pocket. Trump wants to repeal Dodd-Frank and …
