Clergy sex abuse is a big topic, spanning generations of baby-raping clergy and their innocent child victims. I’m going to write about it in small doses because there’s too much to say to try to put it in one blog post. I want to begin with a small discussion of one of the most common arguments that the bishops and their priests have tried to use as an excuse for the Church’s corrupt, amoral and predatory behavior. “We aren’t... Read more
OU Women’s Softball brought home another national championship last night. This was big news around our house. So far as my granddaughter was concerned, it put Congressional hearings about a coup attempt against American democracy all in the dirt. She whooped, jumped, danced and cheered. Her grandmother watched with a full heart. Decades ago, I signed onto a lawsuit opening up funding for women’s sports at Oklahoma Universities. I’m not and never have been an athlete. But it didn’t take... Read more
A few weeks ago, Pope Francis elevated Bishop McElroy of San Diego to Cardinal, and all billy ned broke out in right wing Catholic commentary. I’m so Okie-centric that I didn’t have a clue what the ruckus was about. Also, I wasn’t all that worried about it. My attention was more or less focused on my family and current events in the larger world. The Church has become an on-going pie-throwing fight. Catholics are always and forever attacking other Catholics... Read more
I love Joshua Aaron’s music. This was filmed live, in Jerusalem. Read more
The Our Father in Aramaic. The language Jesus spoke. Read more
The Uvalde hero mom who ran into school during the Uvalde, Tx shooting talks about police holding her back during the shooting and their failure not to go in. Read more
Fourth grader Miah Cerrillo shared her story on how she survived the mass shooting in Uvalde. You can watch it below. Read more
Matthew McConaughey grew up in Uvalde Texas. He is a gun owner and supporter of the Second Amendment, just like me and a lot of other people. After the mass shooting at Robb Elementary, he went to Uvalde and spent what sounds like a lot of time with the families of the murdered children and teachers. He gave an impassioned speech today calling for what he named “responsible gun laws.” His speech gave voice to things that many of us are... Read more
All you have to fear is being shot anywhere you go. Internet meme. Today’s Republican Party is not the Republican Party of yesteryear. That Republican Party ended slavery, built the interstate highway system, organized the mass vaccination against polio, worked with Democrats to form a united front in the Cold War, backed the Equal Rights Amendment, funded the war on cancer and provided massive funding for family planning. The Republican Party once worked to build this country, cared about... Read more
I am an Okie. I grew up with guns. I have no problem with gun ownership. But the mass slaughters that keep repeating throughout our country have got to stop. The sense of personal immunity which fuels our national indifference to these appalling slaughters is based on an illusion. That illusion is the belief on the part of those who haven’t been touched by the violence yet, that they have have a special shield of invulnerability around them. You are... Read more
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