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By now, you’ve probably heard that the Board of Directors for Twitter, Inc. have accepted Elon Musk’s offer to buy the company for $44 billion at $54.20 per share. When it was first reported yesterday morning that Twitter’s brass would imminently accept Musk’s offer, there was, as you can imagine, a great deal of concern about the future of the site. Two weeks ago, Musk gave an interview at the TE...

[This blog will always be free to read, but it’s also how I pay my bills. If you have suggestions or feedback on how I can earn your paid subscription , shoot me an email: cmclymer@gmail.com . And yes, I am available for speaking engagements .] In the United States, a person does not have the right to randomly get in a car and do whatever they want in it. For starters, there are a lot of traffic r...

[Quick personal note: my kind and patient speaking agent wants me to remind you that Pride Month is coming. If you’re looking for a speaker for your company, conference, college or some related Pride event, I’m available. Do inquire.] It actually hadn’t been that long, but somehow, it felt like a past life. I hadn’t been to a baseball game since October, when my dear friend Ana introduced me, for...

Friends, with few exceptions, this has been an especially awful month in an especially awful year, particularly for the trans and non-binary community. I will admit to y’all that I have been quite depressed in recent weeks—certainly more anxious than usual—in response to the avalanche of anti-LGBTQ actions we’ve seen across the country, with an emphasis on trans and non-binary children. In times t...

Good morning, and Happy Transgender Day of Visibility! Since 2009, March 31st has been a day to celebrate the trans and non-binary community—now celebrated worldwide—and you can thank activist Rachel Crandall for that. Thank you, Rachel! It’s been a really tough few years, and the past year, in particular, has been—well, no one word really captures the feeling. Horrific? Depressing? Demoralizing?...

This morning, the world awoke to a stunning coming out statement from MP Jamie Wallis, a Tory politician who has represented the Welsh constituency of Brigend in the United Kingdom’s House of Commons since 2019.Wallis, 37, posted a statement to their Twitter account last night that, among other things, said this: “I’m trans. Or to be more accurate, I want to be. I’ve been diagnosed with gender dys...

As I write this, in just over a day, Russian President Vladimir Putin has effectively ordered an imperialist invasion of sovereign Ukrainian territory after officially recognizing the “people’s republics” of Donetsk and Luhansk as a pretext for sending troops to those areas and probably beyond them. He also reiterated his view that Ukraine is a “made up” country. If you’re confused by all this, yo...

On Monday, it was widely reported in mainstream outlets that a Catholic priest in Phoenix, AZ had incorrectly performed thousands of baptisms over 20 years in several congregations whom he served (originally reported by Kevin J. Jones for the Catholic News Agency earlier this month). The priest—whom I will not name here because at this point, in light of his resignation and heartfelt anguish, it f...

In the summer of 2008, I was on the second floor of the Barnes & Noble that used to be near Metro Center in D.C. when a strange man approached me. I was near the back right corner wall, where I was browsing books on Christian theology, when he walked up, seemingly out of nowhere, his hand stretched out to take mine. “God-fearing men like you are the future of this country,” he said. “Don’t forget...

At this point, I imagine most of you have seen the backlash over Spotify continuing to pay podcast host Joe Rogan a $100m contract despite his persistent COVID disinformation, use of racial slurs, violent misogyny, transphobia, and, well, general lack of accountability over what he says to millions of listeners who loyally tune-in for every episode he produces. Like many others in the past few wee...

For about a year and a half, I worked at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum here in D.C. as a visitor services representative. On my first day, I was walking with my supervisor, who nudged me at one point and said: "See that guy? That's Henry. Make sure you talk to him." Henry Greenbaum was born in Poland in 1928. His father passed away early in the war, his mother and two of his sisters were murd...

I’ll be completely honest: I’ve been pretty down lately, and I imagine so have many of you. The reasons are obvious, and there’s no need for me to itemize them and bum us out further right now. But this has inspired me to create something that reminds us of joy and hope and humanity in the world. I think we need that. I think we need to be reminded of the things that justify our collective struggl...

Well, it seems 2021 decided to get in one final gut punch. Betty White’s agent confirmed to People this afternoon that the 99 year-old iconic entertainer died this morning in Los Angeles, although speculation had begun swirling last night when Steve Martin put out a two-tweet loving anecdote on her that was quite sweet but felt vaguely eulogizing. You’re going to hear a lot about Betty White, but...

I believe it’s impossible not to like Nida Allam. In our conversations, the 28 year-old elected official comes across as thoroughly honest, hardworking, and brilliant. Did I mention she’s a genuinely kind person? That, too. Last year, Allam was elected to the Durham County Board of Commissioners in North Carolina, receiving the most votes of any commission candidate (voters could choose five), the...

I didn’t grow up in the Church. Sometimes, I wish I had. I came to Christianity as a serious commitment during my senior year of high school. The love I felt from God in those first few days of my spiritual journey has not dissipated. It has only grown stronger. I don’t know how exactly to explain it, but for the first time in my life, I felt safety and security. I felt like someone was watching o...

Look, do you really think I wanna be talking about this? Deep down, in your heart of hearts, regardless of where you fall on the political spectrum and how misaligned you believe that is with my own worldview, can we at least agree that I would rather not spend my time talking about the gender identity and presumed genitals of anthropomorphized holiday cookies? Sigh. On Thursday, Richard Grenell,...

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