Social Commentary & Essays

On the eve of Faith Jones book release, “Sex Cult Nun: Breaking Away from the Children of God, a Wild, Radical Religious Cult,” a random finding of her Ted Talk...

People ask why I dislike Christians: I don’t dislike Christians; I loathe them. More than loathing Christians, I consider them casualties of an incurable thought disease.

Karen calls to “chat,” as she says, inquiring about my health and sending links to courses offered by professionals who point the way to mindfulness.

I never cared much for Star Trek Next Generation, feeling the show reflected humans in an advanced moral, technological, and educated state that held no substantive view for me.

Social media is turning everyone into liars either by misinformation or by perverting people’s discussions which translates into a mistrust of everyone.

When I tormented myself with Facebook fiction writing groups and discussions, POV consistently formed a contentious point in conversations. Assuming preference and need drive the POV choice proved wrong when...