Author Archives: Valerie Tarico

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About Valerie Tarico

Seattle psychologist and writer. Author - Trusting Doubt; Deas and Other Imaginings.

Whose Morals Will Control our Child Bearing? An Open Letter to the Catholic Bishops

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/valerie-tarico/the-health-care-abortion_b_357954.html Dear  Bishops – In our struggle to get health care for all, you saw an opportunity to make sure that American women can’t afford abortions, a way to be the deciders for all of us.  You look at someone … Continue reading

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Christian Belief Through the Lens of Cognitive Science: Part 8 of 8

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“I had no need of that hypothesis.” Over the course of the summer I wrote a series of articles about brain science and Christianity, and I promised a final installment that never came.  This is it. The series asked and–within … Continue reading

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Rebiblican Stealth Strategy Loses Big in Washington State, Wins Big on East Coast. Why?

(Huffington Post, November 5, 2009) As the Right Wing base sinks to new levels of insanity taking the Republican brand with it, “going stealth”  has become the campaign strategy of choice in districts where an all-out, Teabagger Town Hall, Palin-Beck, … Continue reading

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Women or Babies: When Values Conflict

(Huffington Post, October 18, 2009) The most controversial check I write each year is the one that goes to a small nonprofit called Project Prevention. Project Prevention pays drug addicts and chronic alcoholics to get permanent or long term birth … Continue reading

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Speaking Evangelese: Tips for Politicians

(Huffington Post, October 19, 2009) Advice for candidates from a former fundie. One thing I learned not long after finishing my Spanish degree was — never volunteer to translate anything into a language you don’t dream in. I was visiting … Continue reading

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