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Isolation 2

Posted on April 12, 2020 by Callen Harty

When I was a boy I could easily spend hours in my bedroom by myself, playing games with my toy cars. I wouldn’t race them on orange tracks with loop de loops or push them across the floor as fast … Continue reading →

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My Heroes Have Always Been Human

Posted on January 27, 2020 by Callen Harty

We live in a world in which no one can be a hero anymore. There is always something problematic about those who are admired by others. There is always a past, a mistake, a misstep of one sort or another, … Continue reading →

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Donald Trump, Mike Pence, and the Dismantling of Queer Rights

Posted on November 7, 2019 by Callen Harty

During the 2016 Presidential campaign a photograph of Donald Trump holding a rainbow flag went viral. Some of those in the queer community, particularly members of the Log Cabin Republicans, thought that it showed that he was supportive of LGBT … Continue reading →

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Yes, This Is Who We Are

Posted on October 29, 2018 by Callen Harty

Aside from the ubiquitous thoughts and prayers, the refusal to consider any kind of gun control at all because it’s always too soon to talk about it, and the flags once again lowered to half-staff, there is another thing … Continue reading →

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On “Our Heritage”

Posted on October 1, 2017 by Callen Harty

As more National Football League players and even college and high school players stand with arms linked or kneel in protest it is not a phrase from one of Donald Trump’s tweets that stands out most to me. It’s not … Continue reading →

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Poverty

Posted on August 8, 2012 by Callen Harty

Today I saw a sight that ripped straight to the core of my humanity. In a steady rain an apparently homeless woman walked down the driveway from the Wisconsin State Capitol. At the bottom of the driveway she stopped, then knelt … Continue reading →

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