What does it mean, to “come together?”

No less an outsider than Michael Bloomberg said we are strongest when we do precisely that, at last night’s Democratic National Convention in Philly. I’ve been thinking about this a lot in the last few days. I’ve already said Bernie Sanders was my candidate, and now I’m with her. I understand the BernieOrBust folks, but I’ve …

I am writing this with the hope that you can read it.

Today, a week after the gorgeous Blood Moon, a Philly-based religion, eBible Fellowship, is predicting that the world will end. Oooh! Maybe it already happened! I wouldn’t know  because I’m typing this the night before when all you sinners are going about your lives, unaware that yet another crackpot cult is spewing its nonsense Jesus is coming and …

Like you’d ever have the chance, but:

Since Pope Francis is on U.S. soil for the first time, if you had 10 minutes with him, what would you say? I’d congratulate him on bringing the conversation around to wealth and income inequality, and then I’d ask him to look at his church’s history with women, and focus his attention there, as well. …