Brighid the collaborator: Truth, justice and the going rate for lost eyeballs

Kick ’em when they’re upKick ’em when they’re downKick ’em when they’re stiffKick ’em all around – Don Henley, “Dirty Laundry” My piece on cancel culture was well-read as far as blogs go, which is always a bit nerve-wracking. When I write controversial things – not uncommon for me, since I am authenticity-oriented rather than attachment-oriented […]

Total accountability: This is probably the post that gets me canceled.

Step forward: we hearThat you are a good man.You cannot be bought, but the lightningWhich strikes the house, alsoCannot be bought. – “The Interrogation of the Good,” Bertolt Brecht Sometimes, I stumble upon questions that I cannot readily answer. If I were to piece together a name for this shape, this absence in my heart, […]

Against forgiveness: On accountability, idiot compassion and the debts we owe

When people show you who they are, believe them the first time. – Maya Angelou In the video, an Indiana pastor took the lectern and confessed his sin: He had committed adultery 20 years before. Through his confession, he sought absolution – from his congregation and, of course, from the Christian god, by whose sacrificial blood he was […]