Most Americans became aware of the Billy Graham Rule in 2017 when they learned that Vice President Mike Pence refuses to meet with women one-on-one. For the record, I defended Mr. Pence’s right to take this position as it’s his own deeply held religious belief in the same way I’d defend any other religious person’s right to alter their work responsibilities to accommodate a deeply held religious belief. Of course, defending his right to the practice doesn’t mean I personally support the practice, which I don’t.. I just supported his legal right to the practice.
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The Dark Side of Social Media: I told you so
“Everything you post online is ultimately public.”
I’ve been saying this for years. I started saying this to teenagers and their parents back in the MySpace days.
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My Response to Attempts to Twist Gun Control into a Conversation About Abortion
A question posted to my Facebook wall solicited this response. Again, shared here to bring light on the GOP’s illusion of a “Pro-Life” agenda.
My question to you and many others is this – Why are we not fighting against abortion clinics and against those who support abortion the same way many are fighting against guns?
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Creating Sacred Spaces in Your Daily Life
While I’m not a proponent of technology fasts, I find that having pre-determined places or times in my life where I just don’t use technology helps me maintain healthy boundaries for technology.
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Trump’s wall is a dumb, dangerous idea
“What would stop a parent from crossing the border so she could provide for her children?”
Nothing.
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It’s electric – Our new car, the Honda Clarity
We did a thing.
Last night, Kristen and I brought home an electric car. Compared to our 13 year old minivan with 220,000 miles on it this car might as well be a spaceship. (more…)
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Technology isn’t killing your teenager
I’ve been asked many, many times to respond to Jean Twenge’s borish, dystopian view on teenagers and technology widely shared over the summer in her piece in The Atlantic, “Have Smartphones Destroyed a Generation?”
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Rat Killer
Rats have become a real problem in my garden. Over the summer they ate tons of tomatoes, melons, and watermelon. They constantly steal chicken feed. They are annoying and gross.
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Why buying a car sucks
Last month we re-mortgaged our house without a single phone call, without a trip to a bank or meeting with a broker, without even leaving our home. We found the mortgage rate we wanted online. I filled out the forms mostly on my phone. The appraiser came to our house. We uploaded documents. The closing happened at our dining room table. Everything was so simple. Our way.
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Bring Light to Dark Places
Al Franken. Charlie Rose. Louis C.K.. Matt Lauer. John Conyers.
These men have been outed as sexual abusers, harassers, assaulters in the past week.
I hope their public ouster leads to more women coming forward. And I hope abusers out there are crapping their pants.