Sesame Street: Can Its Sunny Way Sweep Our Dark Clouds Away?

Miracle Girl: Sesame Street: Can Its Sunny Way Sweep Our Dark Clouds Away?

In the age of Trump and Charlottesville, can you tell me how to get to Sesame Street's multicultural, humanistic values? 

One idealistic young person at a time.

Everything will be A-okay...if we fight for Sesame Street's empathetic values. A Cookie-Monster-blue wave is on its way.

Myth-Taken by Santa

Miracle Girl: Myth-Taken by Santa

Children often come back from preschool with contagious diseases. I brought back a belief in Santa Claus.

It didn't take long, though, before the budding skeptic in me cottoned onto the deception....

'Santa is a fake! And all those Santas, in all those malls, they’re all fake too!'

Does the Santa myth remind you of something else?

Atheist Joy for the Holidays, Not Seeing God for eReaders

Miracle Girl: Atheist Joy for the Holidays, Not Seeing God for eReaders

Not Seeing God: Atheism in the 21st Century is now available in ebook format. It's the perfect gift for atheists and procrastinators alike.

Print books are so 15th century.

Trump: Transgender Transcender to Rights Recinder

Miracle Girl: Trump: Transgender Transcender to Rights Recinder

Trump forces the military to march in the evangelical pander parade. His closeted, gay-persecuting mentor would be proud. 

Like Roy Cohn, President Trump doesn't mind trampling on the gay and transgender communities. LGBT tolerance wouldn't play to his evangelical base.

California Wildfires: Global Warming Early Warning

Miracle Girl: California Wildfires: Global Warming Early Warning

Global Warming is lighting the fuse of the devastating California fires. Still, deniers continue to fiddle while the Golden State burns.

Thousands won't have a home for the holidays due to the California wildfires...and Climate Change. This is one war on Christmas President Trump refuses to fight.

Alabama and Doug Jones: Segregation Then, Elevation Tomorrow?

Miracle Girl: Alabama and Doug Jones: Segregation Then, Elevation Tomorrow?

Will the (old) South rise again? Or will it finally be laid in the same mouldering grave as segregation? 

And will the crimson tide of Alabama voters shift toward the future or turn back to yesterday? We will know presently.

GOP and Religious Right: Blowing Smoke While My Head Reels

Miracle Girl: GOP and Religious Right: Blowing Smoke While My Head Reels

My head reels as evangelicals defend a child molester with the bible, while the hypocrisy of the GOP takes my breath away.

If this is the new reality, can I please go back in my coma-dream now? 

My Personal War on Christmas

Miracle Girl: My Personal War on Christmas

Christmas is a season of mawkishness and awkwardness for deconverts. I was simply confused. Here's an antidote for both...

“Run Donder, run Blitzen, run Prancer, it’s through,” cried Santa, but we were booking them too. 

No, that isn't Robert Mueller leading the investigation in this satiric sting of Santa Claus.

Hyperactive Students: Emerging from the ADHD Dark Ages

Miracle Girl: Hyperactive Students: Emerging from the ADHD Dark Ages

Hyperactive and ADD kids now receive academic aid, giving them a hand up instead of stiff arm in school. For ADHD students born in the hyperfast lane, schools are finally doing something to keep them from crashing and burning. 

Can I have a do-over for my childhood?