Category: Politics
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Thoughts about SeaWorld never stray far from Dawn
No matter where my family and I went Wednesday at SeaWorld Orlando, I thought about Dawn Brancheau. In the morning, we stopped and gawked at a dozen or more dolphins swimming leisurely along in their open-air enclosure. I thought of Dawn. We watched a SeaWorld caretaker bottle feed a rescued…
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What do we tell the children?
What do we tell them? What do we tell the children of Gaza as the tears stream down their faces, leaving tracks in the layer of dust that settled on their cheeks after bombs turned their homes into craters? What do we say to the terrified children of Syria, where…
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I’m a Dad, a Husband, a Writer … and I Want It All
I want it all. I want to be there – actually, physically, there – for my sons. I want to be a life partner and best friend for my wife, and I want her to be those things for me, too. I want a career that pays me what my…
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On Chick-fil-A and a Sad Video by Bad Parents
I was going to write about Chick-fil-A. We’ve always been a Chick-fil-A family. And by family, I mean a man, a woman, and two kids. You know, the “right” kind of family. Dan Cathy’s kind of family. We’re not a Chick-fil-A family any more. Chick-fil-A owner Dan Cathy is free…