Some thoughts on school choice
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In defense of a woman's reproductive freedom
Here is my comment (edited for clarity and to avoid identifying individuals) on a social media platform in response to a post attacking a candidate who supports every woman's right to reproductive freedom. I don't often participate in social media arguments on topics like this as I find it rarely useful. However, this particular post was so replete with inaccuracies, and written with language designed to generate outrage rather than share information or offer a perspective, that I felt obliged to speak up.
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What keeps me up at night...
I recently received a newsletter from a Maine elected official posing this question: “What keeps you up at night?” I understood the question to be asking what Maine issues are most important to me, but knew immediately that what keeps me up at night are not local issues but the over-arching state of United States politics and the alarming possibility that our pluralistic democracy in the US will be replaced by some form of authoritarian or fascist theocracy.
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My selves
After I posted a comment in an online conversation I was told by someone I know well in real life: “That doesn’t sound like the Peter Elias I’ve worked and played with over the years.” My response was the simple observation that most of us automatically use different ‘voices’ in different settings: we don’t use the same vocabulary or phrasing when addressing a work colleague, a grandparent, a state trooper, or a skiing buddy. Code switching is a current term for this.
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Antisemitism is the wrong word
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Opinions
I want to offer an alternative to: "my opinion is right and opposing opinions are wrong."
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Happy New Year
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Neighborhoods evolve.
In our local community, as in many others, there is active and often acrimonious debate about zoning. While everyone agrees that there is a severe shortage of available and affordable housing and that increasing the housing stock is essential, not everyone agrees that new housing should be created in the neighborhood where they live.
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Humility
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Responding to the 'but 99% survive' argument
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