Dr. Warren J. Blumenfeld
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The selfishness of the anti-vaxxers places us all in peril
The days of wild West rugged individualism are over.
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The UK and US are attempting to right their wrongs toward LGBTQ civil servants
Both the American and British governments have taken the first steps toward reckoning with their past ostracization of LGBTQ servicemembers. But more must be done.
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Billionaire Richard Branson’s space flight was expensive. You paid the cost & didn’t know it.
The ultra-rich should pay their share in taxes rather than making space toys or creating charities to give away small amounts of what they should have paid to the federal treasury. Why aren’t more people angry?
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“I’m toxic?” “No, you’re toxic!”: Does toxic femininity exist?
Being too nice? Not being nice enough? Making progress harder for other women? What is toxic femininity (and does it even exist)?
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People want to censor education for the same reasons that slaves weren’t allowed to read
Thomas Jefferson wrote that he envisioned America’s white-only education system being for “raking a few geniuses from the rubbish.” How ironic is it that today, several state legislatures want to continue that line of thinking?
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Don’t just sing for Juneteenth. Commit to ending the racism that made it necessary.
Lawmakers like Joe Manchin should stop singing along to “We Shall Overcome,” and try passing legislation toward real and lasting change, so people actually can overcome.
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This is what the Catholic church would do if they were actually worried about the children
A Catholic foster agency won its case against LGBTQ parents at the Supreme Court today, but the church’s history with kids isn’t exactly what’s best for the children.
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Organized religions rarely agree on much except for one thing: Oppression of LGBTQ people
If it wasn’t for veiled scriptures and rules across Abrahamic religion, would there have ever been “religious” justifications to persecute people based on same-sex sexuality and gender diversity?
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We fought for freedom & equality not t-shirts or cell phone plans
They told us to keep our eye on the prize. But what if we don’t like what we’ve won?
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The motives of the Republicans may not be as hard to figure out as some may think
The Republican Party of old at least had a clear set of priorities. So what is the Republican Party of now going for?
