Caring isn’t weakness. Responsibility for others is strength. Kindness and respect for basic humanity isn’t complicated, whether you’re an atheist or a fundamentalist or somewhere in between.

• The importance of empathy
  • In Defense of Empathy | Psychology Today
  • Opinion | The Cult of Selfishness Is Killing America – The New York Times
  • Empathy is the secret ingredient that makes cooperation – and civilization – possible
  • Dan Rather On Why America Needs More Empathy
  • Why can’t we stop climate change? We’re not wired to empathize with our descendants. – The Washington Post
  • Alan Alda – Think Again – a Big Think Podcast #106 – The Spirit of the Staircase | Big Think 
    Host talks about the tension between our desire to learn and our desire to know Alda’s response: We should always want to know things … provisionally. Also, tangentially — how do we engage others? Alda stresses empathy and commonality. I also wondered just from listening to Alda’s search for scientific truth whether we should engage on a higher level than daily politics. Every public square becomes too crowded, and then it’s just the loudest voices that emerge. What do we do about it?
  • I Don’t Know How To Explain To You That You Should Care About Other People | HuffPost
• Trump’s cruelty
  • British Writer Pens The Best Description Of Trump I’ve Read – Red Lake Nation News 
    “He particularly likes to kick the vulnerable or voiceless – and he kicks them when they are down.”
  • Conservatives notice
    • Massachusetts GOP governor rips Trump’s ‘bitterness, combativeness and self-interest’ – CNNPolitics
    • George Will: There is no such thing as rock bottom for Trump. Assume the worst is yet to come. – The Washington Post
  • Lack of concern over COVID-19
    • Coronavirus: How Trump killed tens of thousands of Americans.
    • The Coronavirus Revealed America’s Failures – The Atlantic
  • Crozier Was Punished for Doing His Duty | The American Conservative
  • Opinion | Trump’s vile tweetstorm reveals the ugly core of his ‘law and order’ campaign – The Washington Post
  • Trump warned: send help or risk making Puerto Rico crisis ‘your Katrina’ | US news | The Guardian
    • Official Toll in Puerto Rico: 62. Actual Deaths May Be 1,052. – The New York Times
    • The Trump administration has finally ended a months-long hold on aid funds to Puerto Rico
    • Lost weekend: How Trump’s time at his golf club hurt the response to Maria – The Washington Post
  • How to sleep at night when families are being separated at the border – The Washington Post
    • Trump cabinet officials voted in 2018 White House meeting to separate migrant children, say officials
  • 4 Crapsack Things That Are Still Legal In The USA | Cracked.com 
    “Organizations ranging from the APA to the WHO therefore oppose conversion therapy, citing the important medical precedent of “It isn’t the goddamn 1940s anymore, you assholes.” But an estimated 16,000 minors will be subjected to conversion therapy in the 32 states where it’s still legal, and licensed practitioners will make good money applying it. “
  • Hundreds of Salvadorans deported by US were killed or abused, report reveals | World news | The Guardian
• Humanity and religion
  • Opinion | Why People Hate Religion – The New York Times
  • There Is No ‘War Against Men’ – Humungus – Medium 
    “I mean, maybe men aren’t winning? Maybe we’re at war with ourselves and losing?”
  • I’m Not The Radical Left, I’m The Humane Middle
  • ‘Christian left’ is reviving in America, appalled by treatment of migrants 
    Yes, Bush and Obama deported people. They didn’t veer into abject cruelty and scapegoating.