Flooding the Zone with Inexperience

Flooding the Zone with Inexperience

Confession:  I first heard the term “flooding the zone” from Alex Wagner on her nightly TV show. I like the term. Thus, it serves as the title of this blog.   There is one mark of the Trump era. There is one strategy that he learned from Steve Bannon in...
The U.S. has an Israel Problem

The U.S. has an Israel Problem

On vacation this past summer in the Ozarks, I visited a Native American museum. The Native Americans were here first in the U.S., before any “whites.” Thus, their name.  During this visit, I saw an Iroguois saying on a painting. I was impressed so much that I...
Plastic Pollution is All Around Us

Plastic Pollution is All Around Us

A Man With a Truck Full of Carpet Rolls  Several years ago, I met a man with a truck full of carpet rolls at a storage depot up in Michigan. I was there to pick up some luxury vinyl flooring. I watched intently as the fork lift driver working there put five very...
The Canary in the Coal Mine

The Canary in the Coal Mine

Lake Erie is the Canary in the Coal Mine for all the Great Lakes  Coal miners used to bring canaries in the coal mines to detect carbon monoxide (a poisonous gas). If the canary died, it was a sign to get out in a hurry or else the miners would die. Lake Erie is...
The Problem of Christian Nationalism

The Problem of Christian Nationalism

Learned of This Problem First Hand Lest you think that I am a “heathen,” please know that I occupied the following leadership positions at an evangelical church until I “saw the light” in 2020: Youth Director, Music Director, Adult Christian Education Teacher,...
A Lack of Accountability

A Lack of Accountability

History of the U.S. Supreme Court  Article III of the Constitution first established a federal judiciary. Although the Constitution established the Supreme Court, it permits Congress to decide how to organize it. Congress first exercised this power in the Judiciary...