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Dark Corners
This piece was written for and published by Life After Hate earlier today. http://lifeafterhate.org/2013/05/dark-corners/
Profiling
Someone I know posted this online today along with a screed about how profiling is justified and that liberals and pacifists (like me) are as guilty of murder as “the Muslims” by not agreeing with the logic of their racism. … Continue reading
Paths to Healing: Conference on Child Sex Abuse Survival
For Immediate Release Paths to Healing: Conference on Child Sex Abuse Survival 10:00 a.m., June 20, 2013 Sheraton Hotel, Madison, Wisconsin Several Wisconsin organizations have partnered to put together a one-day conference on surviving childhood sex abuse that will be … Continue reading
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Tagged "Boys and Men Healing", Callen Harty, Canopy Center, child sex abuse, Christopher Anderson, Chuck Stonecipher, Conference on Child Sex Abuse Survival, Dare to Dream, Family Sexual Abuse Treatment, Friends of the State Street Family, Inc., Julie Edmonds, Kelly Anderson, male survivors, MaleSurvivor, Nic Dibble, Oasis, OutReach, Paths to Healing, Pennie Meyers, Proud Theater, Rape Crisis Center, Sheraton Hotel, Solidarity with Child Abuse Victims/Survivors, Steven Montagna, survival, Wisconsin Coalition of Sexual Assault, Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction
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On Mother’s Day
I wish I were a better son. I wish I had the courage to face my mother’s dwindling years without the fear of losing her. I wish I had the compassion to make her remaining years about her and not … Continue reading
The Art of Labor: On the Grohmann Museum
For several months now I have noticed tall bronze sculptures of burly men atop a building on the campus of the Milwaukee School of Engineering. I found out the building is the home of the Grohmann Museum, an art museum … Continue reading
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To My “Christian” Friends
Let me start by saying that this is not for all of my Christian friends. It is for those who profess to be Christian, yet seem to live in a world of hatred, revenge, and violent rhetoric that does not … Continue reading
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Tagged African-American, Bible, Christ, Christian, compassion, death penalty, discrimination, gay, hatred, Heaven, hypocrites, Jesus, judge not, Leviticus, love, love they neighbor, Muslims, Old Testament, Prodigal Son, retribution, revenge, violence, war
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Through the Darkness Lightly
After 24 years of sobriety my days of heavy drinking seem like a distant blur and somewhat unreal in certain ways. I spent about eleven years of my life in a pretty much constant drunken haze, self-medicating, hiding, creating masks. … Continue reading
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Tagged addictive personality, alcohol, alcoholism, child sex abuse, Child Victims Act, depression, drugs, drunk, empathy, faith, forgiveness, innocence, Jesus, lessons, male survivors, masks, molestation, paranoia, rape, self-medication, self-revelation, sexual abuse, sobriety, suicide, survival, thankfulness
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No More Hurting People
The image that haunts me most from the Boston Marathon bombing is not one of the carnage, although many of those pictures are deeply disturbing. It is instead one that was posted after we learned the identity of the eight … Continue reading
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Tagged bombinb, bombs, Boston Marathon, drones, Martin Richard, No more hurting people. Peace, peace, random shootings, war
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On the 17th District
Today Wisconsin Democratic Party chair Mike Tate released a statement claiming that due to a newly announced primary challenge of 17th District State Senator, Republican Dale Schultz, the Democrats would take the seat from the Republicans and regain control of … Continue reading
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Tagged Americans for Prosperity, Club for Growth, Congress, Dale Schultz, Democrat, Democratic Party of Wisconsin, driftless area, elections, Gordon Roseleip, Howard Marklein, Joanne Duren, Joseph Tregoning, Kathryn Morrison, Koch Brothers, margarine, Mike Tate, Obama, President, Republican, Tea Party, UW-Platteville, Wisconsin 17th Senate District, Wisconsin 50th Assembly District, Wisconsin 51st Assembly District, Wisconsin Assembly, Wisconsin Senate
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Choices
Maybe I’m naïve, but I honestly believe that people are essentially good. All of us have the capacity for good or evil actions, but I believe that at the core our essential beings are goodness. This does not mean that … Continue reading
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Tagged choices, conservative, death, dialogue, evil, forgiveness, good, goodness, hatred, liberal, life, love, morals, politics
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Why Marriage Equality is Important
As the U. S. Supreme Court hears arguments on the constitutionality of California’s proposition 8, which overturned same-sex marriage in the state, the question arises, “Why is marriage equality important?” Some would argue that it is not, that married couples … Continue reading
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Tagged 14th amendment, African-American, bigots, Constitution, discrimination, employment discrimination, equal protection, equality, housing discrimination, Human Rights Campaign Fund, immigratn, LGBT, love, marriage equality, Mildred Loving, Muslim, prop 8, Proposition 8, queer community, same-sex marriage, sexual identity, sexual orientation, Sharon Kowalski, straight, Supreme Court
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Dark Secrets
About eight months ago I set up a new Facebook page in response to the Penn State child abuse scandal. It was intended as a place to show support with the survivors there and survivors worldwide and as a clearinghouse … Continue reading
