Politics – Kathy Boles-Turner

Fear & Loathing, Twitter, Self-Inflation, and the Demise of the Two-Party System

Narcissism cannot be sustained. Eventually the self-inflation mechanisms of the narcissist will fail. It is reasonable to conclude Trump’s decades of televised antics are proof of Narcissistic Personality Disorder—he certainly seems to go out of his way to exude the symptoms of a classic case—but in truth, such narcissism cannot be sustained. What if this […]

by Kathy Boles-Turner

How To Fix Feminism (?)

Author and contributing opinion writer, Judith Shulevitz, shares her woes of working motherhood and the mixed messages of our society and government over the last century in this week’s New York Times Sunday Review with an article titled: How To Fix Feminism. There is no actual fix brought forth, but an interesting list of movements […]

by Kathy Boles-Turner

Today’s News And The Consequences Of Ignoring Old News

We’re a strange bunch, humankind. Forgetful. Deliberately dismissive, surprisingly compassionate, shockingly cruel. Passionate. Stubborn. Optimistic in the direst of circumstances. Persistently triumphant over near-fatal, global calamities. Weak complainers, fierce warriors, brilliant inventors, sickly and lazy couch potatoes prone to blindly brag and bluster about our children, our nations, our faith. We are the rulers of […]

by Kathy Boles-Turner

The Real Problem: Politicians Run This Country

Once in a while I revisit two of my lengthiest personal essays, each of which were originally conceived in early 2013 — I Am Not An Evangelist, and Emancipation. The latter begins with the discovery of my very first “grown-up” reading experience, Gone With The Wind. I was eleven and wanted to impress people with finishing […]