Category: race

That conservatives fail to recognize the overlap between Conservative ideals and Black Lives Matter demonstrates how poorly we understand our tradition, how poorly we’ve conserved Conservatism.

‪If you are a parent (or want to be one), ask yourself: Do you want your kids to stand up to the kids who bully? Or do you want them to stand by so they can stay friends with the bully? Your kids will follow your lead.

Read the news carefully. Find the quotations and the firsthand accounts. I, and many other Twin Cities residents, have beenContinue Reading

I would have thought, “Mr. Floyd probably acted in a way that incited the violence.”

I heard my boss make remarks to clients and staff that were ableist, racist, ethnocentric, and sexist.

You don’t stop rioting by repeating the same behaviors that started them.

My city is burning. I haven’t slept much the last three nights. Everyone is in pain. This was the thing that pushed me to tears.

A few people, in response to my explanations for why looting happens and the need for our primary response toContinue Reading

Gunshots reported several blocks east of us, University Ave on fire a few blocks north, the third precinct burning a couple of miles west, and looting to the south of us. The Cities in chaos.

A brief reflection on clergy abuse and race riots.