Each Fourth of July we make it a practice of reading the powerful words of Frederick Douglass spoken in Rochester, […]
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July Fourth
Each July Fourth I like to read Frederick Douglass‘s powerful speech, delivered in Rochester, NY in 1852. It is considered […]
Prayer Free Zone
If you pray, feel free. If you choose to pray for me, go ahead. But please keep your prayers to […]
Muir and White Supremacy
I wrote this essay in response to recent interpretations of John Muir as a racist. This is not a defense […]
Douglass on True Religious Liberty
I think it’s always good to go back and read the July 5th, 1852 speech given by Frederick Douglass in […]
An Atheist at a Prayer Breakfast?
Why on earth, or any other planet, would a secular, humanist, freethinking, non-religious atheist attend a prayer breakfast? Good question. […]
Religion to Love, and Hate
In the 1840’s, Frederick Douglass traveled through the British Isles speaking on his former life as a slave in America. […]
John Brown
Some say he ignited the Civil War with his attempt to fire up a slave rebellion when he led the […]
Freedom and Independence (just words?)
Some neighbors are “celebrating” July 4th with small bombs and gunshots. Others are flying enough flags to wrap the Statue […]
Canada Day and July 4th
Happy Canada Day! Growing up in the Pacific Northwest, Canada was always a close neighbor and each visit reminded […]
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