HeyJaredNot Resisters, Transformers
Poet, Unitarian Universalist minister, dog trainer, singer, contra dancer, expert in making something tasty out of whatever is in the fridge.
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The Paradox of Dolly Parton (opens the original)
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The outpouring of grief at the death of Dolly Parton is proof, it seems, of what I have long suspected: Dolly Parton was the single universally beloved person in this country. More people loved Dolly Parton than ice cream. In a country devoted to culture wars she was a cultural pacifist. She belonged to the rural poor, to country-loving conservatives, to in-your-face feminists, to urban queer folk. And she did this not by being as bland and non-controversial as possible, but by embracing an enti
The Boys on the Bus (opens the original)
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There are plenty of images that come to mind from the way the 250th birthday of the United States was celebrated in Washington DC. The sparse and sweating crowds at the “state fair,” the barricades and National Guard patrols around the Reflecting Pool, the toxic smoke blurring the air in the wake of the 850,000 fireworks Trump had set off (these guys sure like things that go boom!). But the picture that sums it up for me is the photo of the young black woman on the bus filled with Patriot Front
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