Category Archives: Politics

Monday Musings: Some Hard Truths About Me

Posted on September 12, 2022 by dbjackson

I don’t do well with change. You know how little kids have trouble with transitions, how you need to warn them about impending shifts in circumstance? “Sweetie, I know it’s been fun visiting Grandma and Grandpa, but in a few … Continue reading →

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Monday Musings: Taming My Inner Eeyore

Posted on August 29, 2022 by dbjackson

The hard part of getting back into posting isn’t the first post. It’s the second, and the ones after that. In part, I retreated from social media six or seven weeks back because I couldn’t imagine carrying the emotional load … Continue reading →

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Monday Musings: Fireworks and My Environmental Hypocrisy Explained

Posted on July 4, 2022 by dbjackson

The first fireworks display I remember with any clarity came on a Fourth of July when I was three or four years old. My family had gone to the park in town where the fireworks displays took place each year, … Continue reading →

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Monday Musings: We Are Broken

Posted on June 27, 2022 by dbjackson

On Friday, I grieved. Today I’m just ticked off. Every approach to the subject I attempt feels inadequate. Our nation is broken and I despair of seeing it repaired in my lifetime or even that of my children. When six … Continue reading →

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Monday Musings: So Many Of Us Just Coping — A #HoldOnToTheLight Post

Posted on June 13, 2022 by dbjackson

So, I don’t know where this post is going. I feel it’s important to make that clear up front. And I also want to say that, all things considered, I am doing pretty well right now. Our older daughter’s health … Continue reading →

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Monday Musings: Insanity

Posted on June 6, 2022 by dbjackson

I spent this past weekend in Charlotte, North Carolina, attending ConCarolinas, a convention I attended every year from 2008-2019, and then missed for two years, once due to Covid concerns cancelling the event, and once due to diverticulitis knocking me … Continue reading →

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Monday Musings: Being a Dad in the NRA’s America

Posted on May 30, 2022 by dbjackson

This past week, I moved my younger daughter and her boyfriend out to Colorado — the Denver area — where they will be beginning a new chapter in their lives. They have jobs lined up, a very nice apartment with … Continue reading →

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Monday Musings: Roe, Griswold, and the Danger of Getting What You Wish For

Posted on May 9, 2022 by dbjackson

At the risk of wading into very dangerous political waters, I feel I must weigh in publicly on the recent leak of the Supreme Court’s draft decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, the Mississippi abortion case, which effectively … Continue reading →

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Monday Musings: Shutting Out the World

Posted on May 2, 2022 by dbjackson

I have struggled some in recent weeks to come up with topics for my Monday Musings posts. One reason for this: I don’t want to overload readers with essays about family issues and mental health, though both are much in … Continue reading →

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Monday Musings: About That New Normal…

Posted on March 28, 2022 by dbjackson

Don’t look now, but there is a new Omicron variant — the so-called “Stealth Omicron” — moving across Europe, and it is likely already here in the U.S. It is more contagious than the original Omicron, which is a little … Continue reading →

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