This Post is Political. You Have Been Warned.
The events of the last few days have been so awful, so violent, so terrible, that I find my attempt at equanimity slipping away. I cannot be silent.
Why Obama?
[NOTE FROM THE FAR-OFF YEAR OF 2018: THIS POST WAS A BIG F*CKING DEAL BECAUSE IT WAS A MAJOR, PUBLIC BREAK FROM MY DEEPLY CONSERVATIVE FAMILY. YES, IT COST ME. NO, I HAVE NO REGRETS. SO YOU KNOW, SOME OF MY VIEWS HAVE SHIFTED EVEN FURTHER FROM THIS POST, BUT I WOULD STILL VOTE FOR …