Blogaround

1. The Lion King Sequels Are Okay...I Guess (posted June 23) "... this was the first one that really did something different, a really fourth-wall-breaky story."

2. The Scandal of Pastor John Ortberg and Menlo Church (posted July 2) "I grew up in an evangelical community where the adults around me visibly shuddered when transgender identities or people came up, and then turned around and defended confessed pedophiles within the church."

3. Opinion: How Defunding the NYPD Can Help End Subway Homelessness (posted June 24) "Listening to homeless New Yorkers would make it clear that involving the NYPD in homeless outreach destroys trust and drives people further from the help they are asking for."