keenvox
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Politics
The American Taliban
In what seems like a rare moment of lucidity, a 2014 federal court struck down Texas legislation on strict photo ID requirements at the ballot box. The bill was written in attempt to control voter...
Church and State: The Gap is Closing
I love potatoes. I love them not just as a form of sustenance, but also as the sacred representation of my connection to the earth, through which I am connected to and responsible for all other life...
truth.social
The not-permanently-enough former president Trump as he's explaining thousands of top secret documents found among his things... "There were...
Being MAGAnanimous
Dear MAGAs: Okay, okay, fun's over. You've worn us down, found us out! You're absolutely right about the Deep State, QAnon, and the Covid hoax. It's...
Society
Drag Brunch
A Brief Refresher on the Not-So-Distant Past Republicans would become apoplectic every time Democrats wanted to use government resources to help...
#MeThree
It’s 1980 and the term date rape won’t exist for another 10 years. Even after it gets invented, it will always carry its own unique wink/nudge...
Where’d Ya Go, Gillette?
A tiny town in Wyoming became the new epicenter and saving grace of America's oil independence. Money flowed like wine. Or, at least Annie...
The Penelope Paradigm
I was raised a Lutheran, which is a very mild baby shampoo compared to the caustic bleach and battery acid of so many other religions. For all its...
Sticks and Bones
A nice thing about being a tough old lady GenX'er: We grew up with no bike helmets or knee pads, no organized play dates, no chemicals to manage our...
Is God Baked Into America?
Something I find baffling: Christians go into vapor-lock over atheists, saying they're inherently evil and amoral. 'If you don't have God in your...
Poor Men.
I recently broke the only New Year's resolution I'd made to myself: Stop getting roped into pointless and ignorant conflagrations on social media....
Appropriating Anxiety
I was recently boxed and shipped Same Day to the porch of hell by a TikTok tirade: A lovely young woman of color - black woman, black girl, African...
The Power of Words
I have a reasonable level of self-confidence, especially when it comes to my experience and abilities, career-wise. So imagine the undermining...
Islam and the Proximity Paradigm
I love America. Sure, we have our problems like any other culture or nation state, but I love what we hold to be self-evident: All men - as in human...
Random Crap
The Warrior Pathology
It's been almost a year since being 'released' from my job. As my age creeps ever closer to Irrelevant, this is becoming a siege.
Unwanted Offer Letters
It's been almost a year since being 'released' from my job. As my age creeps ever closer to Irrelevant, this is becoming a siege.
December 5
My story certainly isn't new. It's unique to me, but horribly common for our culture. And every time it seems like we might make some headway, the old tropes and travesties rear up to protect abusers.
Me, Jame Erb, and the Nature of God
It's been almost a year since being 'released' from my job. As my age creeps ever closer to Irrelevant, this is becoming a siege.