America hates its children

I feel exhausted whenever I hear conservatives fall upon the mindlessly affective “think of the children” defense of their barbarous proposals for school curriculums and general social regressivism.

Hobbies and mediocrity: you don’t have to be good at everything

Writing became something I had to be good at in order to share.

Christmas has gone too far

People should look to other cultures to learn the truth of the cliche that holidays are about more than just gifts.