I always thought states refusing to expand Medicaid was racially motivated. This NYTimes Piece gives me more evidence: Gains for blacks were muted because they disproportionately live in states that chose not to expand Medicaid. About 60 percent of poor blacks live...
A thing as common as dirt that those in power do is getting people to believe there is something wrong with them (instead of there being something wrong with the system) when things don't go the way they're supposed to. In religion when people don't experience God at...
The 2016 election has been a wild ride, with two insurgent grassroots campaigns literally giving the political establishment a run for its money. But as the events of this presidential primary season play out, it’s becoming clear the U.S. election — and even more so,...
In order for me to feel safe I need to have fail safes in place which is pretty much the opposite of how God works. God promises he will never fail you and then sets the rhetorical stage so that no matter what he does it’s impossible for him to do so. Any situation...
The further one is away from privilege the less effect what's in their head has on how successful they become. This is because attitude is like a product key and privilege is like having the entire piece of 50 Gigabyte software already downloaded (as to lack of...
pointing to Jesus in defense of Christianity is like pointing to the product packaging in defense of a product's quality when you admit you're suicidal to someone you want that relationship generally kills itself (don't lean against your invisible cage in a way that...
I have been unfortunate in life in that the two closest friends I have had became uncommunicative in the end. The first friend from junior high I had a falling out with and the second one from college I became too low status for. These people aren't stupid, they did...
A lot of church people don't support Obamacare and the Medicaid expansion that gives poor people healthcare. I have even heard people say the church should take care of the healthcare needs of its parishioners, not the state. If your church is doing this...
Amazing sermon on the discourse of race in America: White people do not think in terms of we. White people have the privilege to interact with the social and political structures of our society as individuals. You are “you,” I am “one of them.” Whites are often not...
There are a lot of people trying to make truth claims. The irony is the more they shove bullshit down your throat the more obvious the actual truth becomes. Something is true if those in power are doing everything in their power to convince you that it's false. Why...