Following Violence, Doctors Without Borders Deploying to CHAZ/CHOP
Reading Time: < 1 minute“Thankfully, MSNBC has told us that the only deadly violence in the CHAZ is very peaceful.”
Trump Caves, Will Give Antifa City-Size Autonomous Zone at 48.281932, -122.951484
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe President had no choice but to cede territory to the powerful Antifa organization.
Shock Research Finds Systemic Bias Against the Socially Awkward & Ugly
Reading Time: 2 minutesResearch scientists have discovered problematic news: while we’ve always known that systemic racism has existed, a much uglier player is in this national game—namely, ugly people themselves.
Review: Quick Overnight Hike to Deep Lake (Temple Basin with Snow!)
Reading Time: 11 minutesTemple Basin is probably the easiest hike in the Winds for an overnight, and it’s also one of the downright prettiest!
COVID-19 to Disrupt Elections Due to Inexplicable Mass City Population Drop
Reading Time: 2 minutesNews from the Centers for Disease Control, plus a proposal for an awkward political alliance.
Goodyear Tires Under Pressure to Change Name in 2020
Reading Time: < 1 minuteSpecial correspondent A. Jones contributed to this report.
Review: Overnight, 12-Mile Hike to 7 Brothers Lakes
Reading Time: 15 minutes7 Brothers Lakes is what I’d consider an “average” hike, on par with Blue Lake in the Wind River Range. It’s a nice little walk if you’ve only got one evening to spend away from work.
Odd, Lost Bible Text Found: “No one knows the day or the hour in 2020.”
Reading Time: 2 minutesResearchers in Israel have found missing Biblical texts in an ancient manuscript collection, as well as carved into walls. While working in old caves near Gallilee, archaeologists were shocked to discover key parts of passages that they’d not seen before
Obedience to Government
Reading Time: 4 minutesGrab your leash! We’ve some training to do.
Review: Hiking Lake Angeline and Hellish Frozen Lakes
Reading Time: 10 minutesThis hike to Lake Angeline, Upper Frozen Lake, and Lower Frozen Lake, is short and tempting, nailing 3 less-known lakes in one whack, but it has significant challenges and drawbacks.
The Blatant, White Supremacy of Joel Osteen’s Teeth
Reading Time: < 1 minute“Whiter than forgiven sins, whiter than snow,” he told his congregation about his most recent cleaning. “I won’t leave the dentist’s office until the radiant power of my teeth can drop a protestor at 500 paces. Watch as I roll back my lips as a scroll.” The front row of congregants was permanently blinded by the event.
Review: East Tensleep Lake, Unnamed Lakes, Lake 10,577 (Off-trail)
Reading Time: 13 minutesThis short hike begins near East Tensleep Lake. The horrors start before that.
How to Choose Democrat or Republican: A Field Guide
Reading Time: < 1 minuteHere at Hiking in the Light, we believe that all choices are important, no matter how absolutely bleak they seem!
Review: Fun Overnight Hike to Powell Lakes, Wyoming
Reading Time: 16 minutesPowell Lakes in the Bighorn Mountains presents a great hike for awesome fishing in solitude. If you’ve only got one night, this is fantastic.
My Feelings on the Police, Race, and Killings
Reading Time: 4 minutesJust my two cents. God bless!
In Response to Defunding Movement, Trump Giving All Police Departments AT-ATs
Reading Time: 2 minutes“The call to remove our beautiful law enforcement agencies, which are the best in the world, and maybe the best that has been, even ever, is not just a tragedy, but an outrage. I have been telling local, state, and federal officials that they need to dominate the streets, and now they will. Starting now, AT-ATs will be supplied to all law enforcement agencies nationwide. That is all.”
Review: Hiking Gorgeous Lost Twin Lakes, Cloud Peak Wilderness
Reading Time: 13 minutesThis is a high-use trail to Lost Twin Lakes, but I had it all to myself for 2 days thanks to bad weather. I loved the fishing!
Nancy Pelosi Vows to Fight for Wakanda
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe latest news on Nancy Pelosi.
Suicide, Violence, and Wise Fathers (+Podcast)
Reading Time: 2 minutes Fatherlessness is the single best predictor of violence in young men. Masculinity can become “toxic” in the absence of the wise Patriarch—but it’s just an aggressive form of sin.
Transcript of Anti-Racist Educational Tenets: CRT Applied to Pedagogy
Reading Time: 2 minutesI made the following transcript of an anti-racist, critical race theory speech to help people understand the perceptual filters that critical social justice wishes to apply to the world.
Review: 52 Miles Hiking Glacier Trail to Dinwoody Basin
Reading Time: 21 minutesThis hike uses the popular Glacier Trail ingress to Dinwoody Basin. It’s arid, strenuous, and has a beautiful payoff, but few trails will make you work for it as hard as this one.
People Not Sure Why We’re Not Using Dirty Bombs for Social Justice Yet
Reading Time: 2 minutesAs long as it’s not my shop or my home being looted or burned, I’m all for it. And if a little violence is good, maybe nothing short of a dirty bomb is the real solution. Send me your address, and I’ll be there in solidarity with a little critical, social justice. I’m eager to help.
Critical Race Theory and Whiteness Over Time
Reading Time: 5 minutesA must-read. Dr. James Lindsay’s journey mirrors my own. I began studying Critical Race Theory in 2013, and it truly does “awaken” one to race in profound ways. The solutions and prescriptions it proffers, however, are destructive and divisive. Something to consider: In the 19th and early 20th century, the belief that there were different “races” of Europeans was popular. What if Critical Race Theory came into being in 1910? Would…
CNN: Racism Has Killed Coronavirus
Reading Time: < 1 minuteRacism has killed coronavirus. Not content to target minorities struggling to make a go of things, it’s now targeted and in fact entirely killed off the novel coronavirus. “Never in our lifetimes have we witnessed a genocide due to racism,” remarked Anderson Cooper. “Well, until now. Yes, folks, racism has killed off the entirety of the novel coronavirus. It had just arrived in America, a poor immigrant struggling to get…
America’s New Favorite Pastime: Social Justice LARPing
Reading Time: < 1 minuteYes, citizens across the entire US are taking part. “Look, an evil dragon’s lair,” shouted one social justice LARPer. “He’s been oppressing minorities! Let’s teach him a lesson.” He and his merry band of masked men then smashed into the local Walmart and looted all of the TVs and laptops and cameras and cash from the evil dragon’s den.