They say that there is a first time for everything. It took only 45 years of visiting the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World for me to experience a new first. Well, actually two firsts, but both part of the…
Ben & Jerry’s, McDonald’s & LGBTQ Weaponized Food
When is a scoop of Ben & Jerry’s ice cream not really just a scoop? When are McDonald’s french fries not merely the best tasting fries in the fast food world? Apparently when these two iconic foods become weapons in the…
Pictures, Politics, Polarization & the 8th Grade Mind
If a picture says a thousand words, what does it say that I asked one of my two United States Senators, Mark Warner (D-VA), if I could have my picture taken with him at a recent AIPAC (American Israel Public…
Kathy Griffin, Jokes & a Post-Civil America
NOTE TO READERS (New and Old): What would it take to finally end my self-imposed writing sabbatical at From Law to Grace? Two things. One, a nice conversation this morning with a blogging friend, Hariette Petersen (aka, SelahV), who encouraged me…
Silence Is Not Optional: Speaking Out Against Abortion in America!
“Silence in the face of evil is itself evil: God will not hold us guiltless. Not to speak is to speak. Not to act is to act.” Dietrich Bonhoeffer January 22, 1973. A day which shall live in infamy. Not for…