Confessions of a Conservative Atheist
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The conflict over a curriculum proposed for Advanced Placement students offered Governor DeSantis a rare opportunity to demonstrate how one can combine an unflinching assessment of United States history with an optimistic, pro-America vision, but he completely blew it. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is purported to be the no-drama alternative to former President Donald Trump,… Continue reading DeSantis’ disastrous unforced error on slavery and African American history
The former President enters the book banning debate not by highlighting the troubling trend of retroactively editing classics for progressive political reasons, the presence of borderline pornography in schools, his party’s censorship crusade, or even defending a single book that was unfairly targeted by conservatives in his opinion. Last week, former President Barack Obama wrote… Continue reading Former President Barack Obama is profoundly political and completely wrong
Like a great sonnet of old, Bruce Springsteen uses the perspective of the speaker to establish a character that is both part of the story and separate from it. A verse about this father cut from the original song, but available in lyric form further illuminates a story of aging that is both universal and… Continue reading Springsteen’s “Glory Days” and the unreliable narrator
The simultaneous writers and actors strikes reveal the deplorable truth that Hollywood hotshots make thousands of times more than their less well known counterparts, who can barely afford to feed their families. Now, they want you to pay more rather than them making less. The entertainment world is reeling from back to back strikes that… Continue reading Hollywood hypocrites should practice the socialism they preach
There is no politics or religion at 100 plus miles per hour. There is no conservative versus liberal going up the Climbing Esses at VIR. Your religion doesn’t matter on the Rollercoaster. No, you might never drive a racecar, but racing is not the only community out there. Racing isn’t for everyone. I think a… Continue reading Everyone needs a racecar or something like it in their lives
One should hope that each of us aspires to learn more about the world and people different from ourselves, but the key to finding strength in your uniqueness is accepting it, not clamoring for meaningless representation and false promises. Last week, a transgender woman, Rikkie Valeria Kolle, was crowned Miss Netherlands, the first to win… Continue reading Transgender and the false promise of normalcy
There is little doubt that ethnic minorities face barriers in a primarily white culture. It could not be any other way when your traditions and history are different from the norm, but the idea that these barriers are the same and regardless of the unique challenges any group faces, they should all simply take one… Continue reading Affirmative action and the end of intersectionality
Revisiting George Carlin’s prophetic 1992 performance at Madison Square Garden immortalized on HBO. From the philosophical to the profane, Mr. Carlin peered decades into the future... “You know my favorite part of that war?” The legendary comedian George Carlin remarked in one of his many HBO Specials. “It’s the first war we ever had that… Continue reading George Carlin: The legendary comedian was right even when he was wrong
Does anyone really want to live in a world where you can be forced to create something against your conscience for any reason? Last week, progressives were appalled when the Supreme Court ruled that a Colorado law could not force a Christian website designer to develop a site that promotes gay marriage. The decision… Continue reading No, the government cannot compel speech for any reason
There might have been a time when existence was so bleak and life so cheap, humanity had little choice except to hope for more, but that period has long passed and developed countries, at least, are world’s of plenty. As an atheist, I’ve been occasionally asked how one copes with the idea that this life… Continue reading An atheist’s case for optimism in the face of oblivion
Confessions of a Conservative Atheist 