I’m liberal but not woke. Ask me anything.

We are all operating out of fear these days.

On the left, we fear our country is descending into fascism. On the right, we fear incipient communism. 

I’m on the left, so I think the former fear is legitimate, and the latter is ridiculous. But whatever. I’m not optimistic about how this whole thing gets resolved, but maybe one little helpful thing we can do is dispel misconceptions. 

So: I recently found myself explaining “cisgender” to a same sex couple we’ve been friends with for decades. I’m an atheist but not hostile to Christianity. I think we could use some European-style “socialism,” but I understand communism is a humanitarian disaster.

Ask me anything.