Charlotte's Web Thoughts
137 episodes - English - Latest episode: 18 days ago - ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsCharlotte Clymer is a writer and LGBTQ advocate. You've probably seen her on Twitter (@cmclymer). This is the podcast version of her blog "Charlotte's Web Thoughts", which you can subscribe to here: charlotteclymer.substack.com
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How Could I Ever Not Love America?
July 04, 2024 20:16 - 8 minutes - 5.68 MB[This blog will always be free to read, but it’s also how I pay my bills. If you have suggestions or feedback on how I can earn your paid subscription, shoot me an email: [email protected]. And if this is too big of a commitment, I’m always thankful for a simple cup of coffee.] Fifteen years ago, on the banks of the Tidal Basin, with the Washington Monument in the background, I took an Oath of Reenlistment in the United States Army. I raised my right hand and said the following: I do sole...
It Doesn't Matter That I Like Joe Biden
July 04, 2024 03:11 - 8 minutes - 5.55 MB[This blog will always be free to read, but it’s also how I pay my bills. If you have suggestions or feedback on how I can earn your paid subscription, shoot me an email: [email protected]. And if this is too big of a commitment, I’m always thankful for a simple cup of coffee.] It was June of 2019, and I had no intention of supporting former vice president Joe Biden in the primary for the Democratic nomination. It wasn’t personal. Honestly, I wasn’t even considering him enough for it to be...
Pres. Biden Needs to Campaign on Expanding the Supreme Court
July 01, 2024 17:10 - 7 minutes - 4.81 MB[This blog will always be free to read, but it’s also how I pay my bills. If you have suggestions or feedback on how I can earn your paid subscription, shoot me an email: [email protected]. And if this is too big of a commitment, I’m always thankful for a simple cup of coffee.] This morning, the extremist conservative majority on the Supreme Court ruled that a former president has absolute immunity for their “core constitutional powers” but not unofficial acts. What is official versus un...
A Late Night Conversation with MAGA Republicans
June 27, 2024 13:46 - 13 minutes - 9.55 MB[This blog will always be free to read, but it’s also how I pay my bills. If you have suggestions or feedback on how I can earn your paid subscription, shoot me an email: [email protected]. And if this is too big of a commitment, I’m always thankful for a simple cup of coffee.] Four years ago, at the height of the 2020 election, I stayed at a hotel during a short work trip, and late one night, when I took a brief visit to the lobby to take advantage of their snack bar, I unexpectedly wound...
These Climate Protests Really Suck
June 24, 2024 13:28 - 9 minutes - 6.48 MB[This blog will always be free to read, but it’s also how I pay my bills. If you have suggestions or feedback on how I can earn your paid subscription, shoot me an email: [email protected]. And if this is too big of a commitment, I’m always thankful for a simple cup of coffee.] This past Wednesday, two climate protestors were arrested after they sprayed orange paint on Stonehenge, the famous prehistoric structure in southern England that’s long been a UNESCO World Heritage Site and thought...
The Curious Cowardice of Josh Brecheen
June 14, 2024 20:49 - 4 minutes - 2.85 MB[This blog will always be free to read, but it’s also how I pay my bills. If you have suggestions or feedback on how I can earn your paid subscription, shoot me an email: [email protected]. And if this is too big of a commitment, I’m always thankful for a simple cup of coffee.] Yesterday, Republican Congressman Josh Brecheen of Oklahoma stood on the floor of the U.S. House in support of his amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which you probably know best as the legi...
My Remarks at the Texas Democratic Convention
June 10, 2024 00:25 - 2 minutes - 1.85 MB[This blog will always be free to read, but it’s also how I pay my bills. If you have suggestions or feedback on how I can earn your paid subscription, shoot me an email: [email protected]. And if this is too big of a commitment, I’m always thankful for a simple cup of coffee.] I spent this weekend in El Paso at the 2024 Texas Democratic Convention, and it was a breath of fresh air just to be around Texas Democrats. The excitement, the passion, the values, the pride, and the unyielding com...
I'm Trying My Best to Focus on the Good
June 06, 2024 21:47 - 9 minutes - 6.21 MB[This blog will always be free to read, but it’s also how I pay my bills. If you have suggestions or feedback on how I can earn your paid subscription, shoot me an email: [email protected]. And if this is too big of a commitment, I’m always thankful for a simple cup of coffee.] It’s Pride Month, and I’m trying to remember that. Yesterday afternoon, I was walking through downtown D.C. on a few errands when the sky burst open, and I took shelter under a nearby awning with a number of folks,...
Why I'm a Pro-Choice Christian
June 04, 2024 21:49 - 7 minutes - 5.11 MB[This blog will always be free to read, but it’s also how I pay my bills. If you have suggestions or feedback on how I can earn your paid subscription, shoot me an email: [email protected]. And if this is too big of a commitment, I’m always thankful for a simple cup of coffee.] Many years ago, I belonged to a more conservative church; it could accurately be described as evangelical, and I could be accurately described as the token progressive among the parishioners there. How I came to joi...
I Hate to Be That Girl, But... Alito Isn't Going Anywhere
May 30, 2024 14:57 - 8 minutes - 5.85 MB[This blog will always be free to read, but it’s also how I pay my bills. If you have suggestions or feedback on how I can earn your paid subscription, shoot me an email: [email protected]. And if this is too big of a commitment, I’m always thankful for a simple cup of coffee.] Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas are deeply unethical. Their conflicts-of-interest are brazen and shameless, they are openly corrupt, and their general and open hostility toward those they believe are their politica...
The Ballad of Lucy & Charlie Brown
May 28, 2024 21:35 - 10 minutes - 7.27 MB[This blog will always be free to read, but it’s also how I pay my bills. If you have suggestions or feedback on how I can earn your paid subscription, shoot me an email: [email protected]. And yes, I am available for Pride Month speaking engagements. And if all this is too big a commitment, I’m always thankful for a simple cup of coffee.] Every American of a certain age and older knows this story well: in Peanuts, the all-time great comic strip by Charles M. Schulz, there’s a long-running...
Flags In, Flags Out
May 26, 2024 21:49 - 6 minutes - 4.23 MBFor several years, as a young soldier, I took part in a special tradition for Memorial Day Weekend. At the time, I was in the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard), based in Washington, D.C. When our unit wasn’t doing tactical training, we were carrying out military funerals. Whenever you see photos or video of soldiers carrying flag-draped caskets in Arlington National Cemetery, that was my unit. Every Thursday before Memorial Day Weekend, our company, which was the only one living ...
Remarks to Bonneville County Democrats in Idaho
May 21, 2024 13:37 - 17 minutes - 12.2 MB[This blog will always be free to read, but it’s also how I pay my bills. If you have suggestions or feedback on how I can earn your paid subscription, shoot me an email: [email protected]. And yes, I am available for Pride Month speaking engagements. And if all this is too big a commitment, I’m always thankful for a simple cup of coffee.] This past weekend, I was invited to deliver the keynote speech at the Bonneville County Democratic Party’s annual Truman Dinner in Idaho Falls, Idaho. I...
The Unexpected Blessing of a Locked Cabinet
May 13, 2024 11:42 - 10 minutes - 7.16 MB[This blog will always be free to read, but it’s also how I pay my bills. If you have suggestions or feedback on how I can earn your paid subscription, shoot me an email: [email protected]. And yes, I am available for Pride Month speaking engagements. And if all this is too big a commitment, I’m always thankful for a simple cup of coffee.] When I was 14, I moved in with my father, who lived a few hours away from my mother in Central Texas. Things had been pretty unsafe with my mother for q...
Blocking Traffic As Protest is Bad, Actually
April 17, 2024 14:11 - 4 minutes - 3.12 MB[This blog will always be free to read, but it’s also how I pay my bills. If you have suggestions or feedback on how I can earn your paid subscription, shoot me an email: [email protected].] Yesterday, protestors blocked roadways in California, Illinois, New York, and Oregon, snarling traffic for hours and impeding travelers attempting to catch their outgoing flights at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport. Their stated cause is a righteous one: demanding an immediate ceasefire to the h...
The Art of Responding to Ghost Chasers
April 07, 2024 14:26 - 7 minutes - 5.45 MB[This blog will always be free to read, but it’s also how I pay my bills. If you have suggestions or feedback on how I can earn your paid subscription, shoot me an email: [email protected]. And yes, I am available for speaking engagements. And if all this is too big a commitment, I’m always thankful for a simple cup of coffee.] South Carolina women’s basketball coach Dawn Staley has no time for chasing ghosts, let alone nonsense of any variety. In a few hours, her team, undefeated this s...
Five Things You Should Know
April 04, 2024 15:10 - 7 minutes - 5.02 MB[This blog will always be free to read, but it’s also how I pay my bills. If you have suggestions or feedback on how I can earn your paid subscription, shoot me an email: [email protected]. And yes, I am available for speaking engagements. And if all this is too big a commitment, I’m always thankful for a simple cup of coffee.] Happy Thursday, folks! This week’s edition is several days late. Here are five positive/interesting/fun things that’ll hopefully make you smile, make you laugh, an...
This Rapist Doesn't Care About Easter
March 30, 2024 21:05 - 4 minutes - 2.91 MB[This blog will always be free to read, but it’s also how I pay my bills. If you have suggestions or feedback on how I can earn your paid subscription, shoot me an email: [email protected]. And yes, I am available for speaking engagements. And if all this is too big a commitment, I’m always thankful for a simple cup of coffee.] Hi, Christian and trans woman here! Happy Easter to everyone who observes! Today, Donald Trump's campaign put out a statement blasting President Biden for formally...
REVIEW: "Cowboy Carter" by Beyoncé
March 29, 2024 15:25 - 15 minutes - 10.7 MB[This blog will always be free to read, but it’s also how I pay my bills. If you have suggestions or feedback on how I can earn your paid subscription, shoot me an email: [email protected]. And yes, I am available for speaking engagements. And if all this is too big a commitment, I’m always thankful for a simple cup of coffee.] It's official: Beyoncé's eighth studio album "Cowboy Carter" dropped at midnight. It's the second album in her planned trilogy after 2022's "Renaissance.” Like man...
I Think It's Great Boys Are Playing Basketball
March 27, 2024 21:06 - 4 minutes - 3.14 MB[This blog will always be free to read, but it’s also how I pay my bills. If you have suggestions or feedback on how I can earn your paid subscription, shoot me an email: [email protected]. And yes, I am available for speaking engagements. And if all this is too big a commitment, I’m always thankful for a simple cup of coffee.] Earlier this week, I was flipping through the channels looking for the Caitlin Clark game, and I was pleasantly surprised to come across—on national television—a co...
Five Things You Should Know
March 11, 2024 16:10 - 5 minutes - 3.73 MB[This blog will always be free to read, but it’s also how I pay my bills. If you have suggestions or feedback on how I can earn your paid subscription, shoot me an email: [email protected]. And yes, I am available for speaking engagements.] Good morning, folks! It’s that time again. Here are five positive things that’ll hopefully make you smile, make you laugh, and make you think. And in case you missed it, check out last week’s edition. 1. Tom Junod’s 1998 Esquire Profile of Fred Rogers...
The Casual Greatness of Adam Schiff
March 05, 2024 13:46 - 10 minutes - 6.93 MB[This blog will always be free to read, but it’s also how I pay my bills. If you have suggestions or feedback on how I can earn your paid subscription, shoot me an email: [email protected]. And yes, I am available for speaking engagements.] Today, millions of California voters will go to the polls and decide who will be the successor to Senator Laphonza Butler, who was appointed by Gov. Gavin Newsom this past October to fill the vacancy left by the late Sen. Dianne Feinstein, the longest t...
Five Things You Should Know
March 04, 2024 14:26 - 6 minutes - 4.21 MB[This blog will always be free to read, but it’s also how I pay my bills. If you have suggestions or feedback on how I can earn your paid subscription, shoot me an email: [email protected]. And yes, I am available for speaking engagements.] Folks, I’m starting a new feature on my blog. Every Monday morning, I’ll be sending you five items that I hope will start your week off right, give you a smile, make you laugh, make you think, and just make you feel good. Because the current state of o...
We’re Lucky To Be the Destination of Migrants
March 01, 2024 14:35 - 12 minutes - 8.88 MB[This blog will always be free to read, but it’s also how I pay my bills. If you have suggestions or feedback on how I can earn your paid subscription, shoot me an email: [email protected]. And yes, I am available for speaking engagements.] Yesterday was a bit of high political drama as President Biden and Donald Trump simultaneously paid visits to the southern border in Texas, 266 miles away from each other, Biden in Brownsville and Trump in Eagle Pass. Their leadership approaches couldn’...
Yes, It's True, Taylor Swift is a CIA Psyop
February 05, 2024 20:42 - 7 minutes - 4.85 MB[This blog will always be free to read, but it’s also how I pay my bills. If you have suggestions or feedback on how I can earn your paid subscription, shoot me an email: [email protected]. And yes, I am available for speaking engagements.] I’m afraid the rumor is true: Taylor Alison Swift, the 34 year-old singer-songwriter who was recently named TIME’s Person of the Year and won her fourth Album of the Year gramophone yesterday, is, in fact, a highly successful psyop chiefly created by th...
Meet the Propaganda
January 08, 2024 13:07 - 4 minutes - 3.33 MB[This blog will always be free to read, but it’s also how I pay my bills. If you have suggestions or feedback on how I can earn your paid subscription, shoot me an email: [email protected].] Yesterday, I watched host Kristin Welker get absolutely steamrolled by Rep. Elise Stefanik on “Meet the Press” in what was certainly one of the most embarrassing interviews I’ve ever seen on a Sunday talk show. In a long segment replete with unrelenting pro-Trump propaganda, Stefanik refused to commi...
Highlights and Gratitude from Another Year of Chaos
December 31, 2023 03:38 - 14 minutes - 10 MB[This blog will always be free to read, but it’s also how I pay my bills. If you have suggestions or feedback on how I can earn your paid subscription, shoot me an email: [email protected].] Friends, as I write this, the country is savoring every second of these last 72 hours of the traditional holiday break. The next twelve months are widely expected to be history-shaping and globally pivotal on an unprecedented level. How tired have y’all become of hearing that? The same thing, more or...
Francis: The Pope of LGBTQ Compassion
December 18, 2023 20:54 - 8 minutes - 5.81 MB[This blog will always be free to read, but it’s also how I pay my bills. If you have suggestions or feedback on how I can earn your paid subscription, shoot me an email: [email protected]. And yes, I do speaking engagements.] This morning, Pope Francis formally approved new guidance that allows priests to offer blessings to same-sex couples, an enormous step forward in welcoming LGBTQ families into the Catholic Church. There will be no shortage of critical takes on this, both from conser...
The Male Insecurity Over TIME Honoring Taylor Swift is Delicious
December 07, 2023 20:54 - 9 minutes - 6.28 MB[This blog will always be free to read, but it’s also how I pay my bills. If you have suggestions or feedback on how I can earn your paid subscription, shoot me an email: [email protected].] Yesterday, obscure singer-songwriter Taylor Swift got her big break and was honored as TIME Magazine’s Person of the Year. This is the second time she’s been recognized with the title, along with being part of the “Silence Breakers” cohort honored by the magazine in 2017, making her the first woman t...
Review: Ms. Smith's 1st Grade Thanksgiving Class Play
November 22, 2023 18:15 - 5 minutes - 3.62 MB[This blog will always be free to read, but it’s also how I pay my bills. If you have suggestions or feedback on how I can earn your paid subscription, shoot me an email: [email protected].] Brantley never suffered as much in service to theater as I did this week during the one-hour production of Ms. Smith’s 1st Grade Thanksgiving Class Play, which premiered to a lukewarm reception this morning in the cafeteria/gymnasium of Ann Richards Elementary School in Austin, Texas and just concluded...
The Next Contestant On the House is Far-Right
October 25, 2023 13:01 - 16 minutes - 11.1 MB[This blog will always be free to read, but it’s also how I pay my bills. If you have suggestions or feedback on how I can earn your paid subscription, shoot me an email: [email protected].] I know it’s asking a lot, but remember way back when Matt Gaetz filed a motion-to-vacate against then-Speaker Kevin McCarthy? That was a little over three weeks ago, and in that time, House Republicans have put forward three separate speaker-designates (that’s the term for a presumptive Speaker before...
When Both Silence and Statement Become Complicity
October 23, 2023 14:07 - 13 minutes - 9.24 MB[This blog will always be free to read, but it’s also how I pay my bills. If you have suggestions or feedback on how I can earn your paid subscription, shoot me an email: [email protected].] I don’t know exactly how to explain it, but for folks my age, over the course of our lives, the concept that “silence is complicity” slowly went from being a rallying cry in activist communities to a generational imperative. We were the bridge for that societal transition. We are, I believe, the first...
Because Sometimes It Can Mean That Much
October 13, 2023 02:55 - 8 minutes - 5.51 MBToday is my birthday. I officially turned 37 very early this morning. There is not a day goes by that I’m not grateful for how far I’ve come in life, and every year, on my birthday, I can’t help but reflect on the kid in Central Texas who dreamed big things. When I was 13, there was nothing I wanted more than to participate in one of those programs where young people travel to D.C., meet Members of Congress, learn about politics, and receive support to start their journey into public servic...
Opinions I've Formed This Year
October 11, 2023 16:01 - 3 minutes - 2.56 MBTomorrow is my 37th birthday, and oddly enough, it feels like both a decade and a week since my last birthday. I spent my 36th birthday flying cross-country to a conference in San Francisco whilst simultaneously raising money for Running Start’s HBCU Summit, one of my favorite non-profits. Much to my astonishment, by the time I landed in the early evening, y’all had raised more than $20k for young women in politics. (Thank you!) I’ll be doing another fundraiser for them tomorrow. Although...
Nothing Justifies the Targeted Slaughter of Civilians
October 09, 2023 21:26 - 5 minutes - 3.97 MBIt shouldn’t need to be said, but here we are. In the past 72 hours, it’s been incredibly disturbing to watch the attempted justification or rationalization for the terrorist group Hamas brutally murdering more than 900 people in Israel and taking 150 hostage in a coordinated attack that targeted civilians. At best, it’s not that they so much condone the murder of civilians, such apologists claim, but that it’s understandable that Hamas resorted to violence out of desperation for the pli...
Hamas Does Not Care About Palestinians
October 07, 2023 20:56 - 3 minutes - 2.57 MBEarly this morning, the terrorist group Hamas launched the broadest attack on Israel in five decades, murdering at least 250 Israeli civilians, wounding thousands, taking many hostage, including children, on a Jewish holiday and on Shabbat, it would seem intentionally so, all of which amounts to what many experts are calling Israel’s 9/11. Today’s coordinated attack on Israeli civilians by Hamas is not about protecting Palestinian civilians. It’s about degrading and dehumanizing Jewish peop...
Nancy Pelosi Only Made It Look Easy
October 03, 2023 22:22 - 3 minutes - 2.68 MB[This blog will always be free to read, but it’s also how I pay my bills. If you have suggestions or feedback on how I can earn your paid subscription, shoot me an email: [email protected]. And yes, I do speaking engagements.] This afternoon, Kevin McCarthy became the first Speaker of the House to be ousted from that position following a motion to vacate that was filed last night by Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida. Gaetz needed only six GOP votes to go against McCarthy, but he got eight, inclu...
The Vivek Gambit
August 24, 2023 14:47 - 16 minutes - 11.3 MB[This blog will always be free to read, but it’s also how I pay my bills. If you have suggestions or feedback on how I can earn your paid subscription, shoot me an email: [email protected]. And yes, I do speaking engagements.] I don’t remember the first time I saw Vivek Ramaswamy in one of the countless cable news hits he’s done since the announcement of his presidential campaign just over six months ago, but I remember the first time he held my attention. It wasn’t a cable news hit. It wa...
An Investigation Into Butter Cows
August 23, 2023 12:19 - 6 minutes - 4.44 MB[This blog will always be free to read, but it’s also how I pay my bills. If you have suggestions or feedback on how I can earn your paid subscription, shoot me an email: [email protected]. And yes, I do speaking engagements.] On Monday, a photo of the Illinois State Fair Butter Cow — that is, a cow presented as “sculpted out of butter” — went viral after the shocking revelation that it’s a wire-and-steel-mesh frame sculpted in the likeness of a cow that has simply been covered in slabs of...
British Royals Snub English Women's Team
August 20, 2023 02:47 - 7 minutes - 5.21 MB[This blog will always be free to read, but it’s also how I pay my bills. So, if you like what you read, please consider a paid subscription. And yes, I do speaking engagements.] In a matter of hours, England’s women’s national football team—known affectionately as “The Lionesses”—will compete against Spain in the first World Cup Final that England has seen in nearly six decades. For those unaware, football (known to us Americans as “soccer”) is massively popular in England. In fact, it’s...
The Far-Right's New Protest Anthem Punches Down (Of Course)
August 16, 2023 15:20 - 11 minutes - 8.03 MB[This blog will always be free to read, but it’s also how I pay my bills. So, if you like what you read, please consider a paid subscription. And yes, I do speaking engagements.] About ten days ago, Oliver Anthony, a farmer and former factory worker in Virginia, uploaded a casual performance video of his new song “Rich Men North of Richmond” to YouTube. As of this morning, it’s been viewed nearly 15 million times. Mr. Anthony, with no previous experience in the music industry, now has the...
A Little Closer to Grief's Perfection
August 07, 2023 11:44 - 8 minutes - 6.04 MB[This blog will always be free to read, but it’s also how I pay my bills. So, if you like what you read, please consider a paid subscription. And yes, I do speaking engagements.] I often feel old these days, though I know I’m not. I’m only 36, but don’t try telling my body that. My back is often sore. My joints move like caramel popcorn being squeezed. I’ve reached the point in my life—probably earlier than what’s healthy—in which, occasionally, taking a few ibuprofen has become an antici...
What "Small Town" Actually Means
July 26, 2023 11:18 - 12 minutes - 8.24 MB[This blog will always be free to read, but it’s also how I pay my bills. So, if you like what you read, please consider a paid subscription. And yes, I do speaking engagements.] This past May, country star Jason Aldean released a new song called “Try That in a Small Town,” which has lyrics that are—there’s really no nice way to say this—corny as hell. I’ve been listening to country music all my life, and I gotta say that Mr. Aldean’s latest single sounds as though ChatGPT were asked to w...
Greta Gerwig's "Barbie" is Brilliant and Fun
July 18, 2023 12:54 - 7 minutes - 5.27 MB[This blog will always be free to read, but it’s also how I pay my bills. So, if you like what you read, please consider a paid subscription. And yes, I do speaking engagements.] There are two highly anticipated films being released this week. One of them is about an iconic and controversial public figure from the 20th century, their influence on how we perceive ourselves and each other, and how they reflect the enduring cognitive dissonance between our stated values as a society and the ...
Please Read About Hitler Before Quoting Him
July 10, 2023 12:23 - 11 minutes - 7.63 MB[This blog will always be free to read, but it’s also how I pay my bills. So, if you like what you read, please consider a paid subscription. And yes, I do speaking engagements.] You may have heard about the organization Moms for Liberty. It was founded in early 2021 with the initial purpose of advocating against COVID-era protections in schools, like vaccines and mask mandates. Over the past two years, the group has become far more infamous for their support of book bans, censoring any m...
Because I Love My Country
July 04, 2023 23:12 - 5 minutes - 3.91 MB[This blog will always be free to read, but it’s also how I pay my bills. So, if you like what you read, please consider a paid subscription. And yes, I do speaking engagements. If you need a Pride Month speaker, hit me up.] My earliest memory of patriotism is from kindergarten. My family was living in a cramped apartment building, and every morning, as I waited for the bus to fetch me, the property manager would bring out an American flag to the pole resting in a grassy island in the mid...
When Lance Armstrong Speaks, Why Does Anyone Listen?
June 26, 2023 18:07 - 12 minutes - 8.62 MB[This blog will always be free to read, but it’s also how I pay my bills. So, if you like what you read, please consider a paid subscription. And yes, I do speaking engagements. If you need a Pride Month speaker, hit me up.] This weekend, Lance Armstrong announced a video interview with Caitlyn Jenner regarding trans inclusion in sports, as part of a series which he’ll begin releasing today. I don't know why Mr. Armstrong woke up one morning recently and decided that trans athletes and "fa...
My Thoughts on Pat Robertson
June 08, 2023 13:43 - 2 minutes - 1.78 MB[This blog will always be free to read, but it’s also how I pay my bills. So, if you like what you read, please consider a paid subscription. And yes, I do speaking engagements. If you need a Pride Month speaker, hit me up.] Pat Robertson passed away this morning. He was a Southern Baptist minister best known for launching the Christian Broadcasting Network (CBN), founding the Christian Coalition (at a time, one of the most powerful political organizations in the country), running for pres...
Republicans Vote to Ban Children from Churches
June 07, 2023 12:19 - 6 minutes - 4.55 MB[This blog will always be free to read, but it’s also how I pay my bills. So, if you like what you read, please consider a paid subscription. And yes, I do speaking engagements. If you need a Pride Month speaker, hit me up.] (WASHINGTON) — On Tuesday, House Republicans passed sweeping legislation that would prohibit all minors from entering Christian places of worship, ban Christian clergy from public K-12 campuses, and otherwise restrict interaction between children and Christian clergy in...
To the Man on the Northeast Regional
May 30, 2023 23:17 - 14 minutes - 9.97 MB[This blog will always be free to read, but it’s also how I pay my bills. So, if you like what you read, please consider a paid subscription. And yes, I do speaking engagements. If you need a Pride Month speaker, hit me up.] Dear Sir, We don’t know each other past a brief interaction, and in the event this finds you, wherever you are, tucked behind anonymity, I am hoping it may be of service in your walk with God. We were both on the Amtrak N.E. Regional that initially departed from New Y...