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The Second Second Date Story

In Featured, Personal on July 23, 2013 at 3:08 pm

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For years I thought I knew the whole story about my parent’s infamous second date.  It turned out I didn’t.

An audio version of this essay was previously featured on Public Radio International and NPR’s The State We’re In. Read the rest of this entry »

My Year of Guns

In Featured, Personal on July 22, 2013 at 8:07 pm

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The first time I shot a gun, I got a black eye for my troubles. Read the rest of this entry »

A Heretic’s Pilgrimage: My Journey to the 2012 Values Voter Summit

In Featured, Politics, Religion on July 22, 2013 at 2:25 am

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In which I travel to the the most prestigious social-conservative shindig of the year to ask the question, is there any way we can become one country again? Read the rest of this entry »