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I borrow my title from one of my favorite science fiction authors, Robert Heinlein, whose books captivated me during my adolescence. A number of them have been made into movies (including The Puppet Masters, Starship Troopers, and . . . → Read More: Future History  Comments are closed  Blog  Denisovans, dynasties, explore and conquer, Future history, hippie, humans, Marmalade, more of the same, Neanderthal, optimists, plagues, reflections of my life, Robert Heinlein, science fiction, Star Trek, Starship Troopers, Stranger in a Strange Land, the environment, The Puppet Masters, TV news, up the creek, warp drive, wars The original impetus for this article was the North Carolina Bathroom Bill. I am writing this from the perspective of a male who has been sharing bathrooms with women all my life—not always at the same time, of course, but most of the time, people use bathrooms one at a time. There are exceptions, of course. Public bathrooms (airports, highway rest stops, restaurants, and other public places). If you have ever flown anywhere with a woman, you know that when people exit the plane, men enter the men’s room, take care of business, and exit. In all likelihood, the female . . . → Read More: Stuff That’s On My Mind Comments are closed Blog Ally McBreal, American way of life, Chinese Revolution, Christian metaphors, clean air, clean water, climate change, conservation, conservatives, cutting apricots, democracy, education, Eisenhower, environment, European invasion, fear, food production, fracking, French revolution, Gangs of New York, GOP, Interstate Highway System, Irish, Italians, Julian Barnes, LGBTQ, literalists, metaphorical truth, Mexicans, Noah's flood, North Carolina bathroom bill, Old Testament, postmodernist, Rachel Dolezel, redwoods, Republican Party, Ronald Reagan, Russian revolution, sharing bathrooms, the environment, the less you fear, the more you know, Trans-Blackness, Unisex bathrooms, wildlife |
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