The Last Temptation
How evangelicals, once culturally confident, became an anxious minority seeking political protection from the least traditionally religious president in living memory Michael Gerson April 2018 Issue Politics WN: This is a greatly informed, wise and even hopeful assessment of what has happened to white Evangelicals in America since their embrace of Trump (81% voted for […]
Parenting the Resistance: 5 Ways to Have Hard Conversations with Kids
March 5, 2018 by Erin Wathen WN: I guess the realities discussed here are universal. For people who care — Christian or whatever — teachable moments can and should always be seized. And it is true, what the author says at the end: These practices work for a wide range of topics, beyond race and […]
Billy Graham & The Cold War Before the Culture War – White evangelical voters, Donald Trump, and the evolution of the religious right
The Cold War before the culture war March 6, 2018 by Fred Clark WN: What emerges with great clarity in the two articles highlighted below is the extent to which the “Red Scare” and the Cold War in the early years of Graham’s preaching dominated his message — at least implicitly. The further insight is […]
Chuck Feeney: the billionaire who gave it all away
Philanthropist lives modestly in rented apartment after giving away $8bn fortune Sat, Mar 3, 2018, 06:00 Conor O’Clery photo above: In 2003, Chuck Feeney signed off on a decision to spend all of his fortune in his lifetime. “Giving while living,” he called it. WN: In light of the following verse, I kind of think […]
The Arctic Is Melting Down as the Antarctic Food Chain Is Breaking
Monday, March 05, 2018 By Dahr Jamail, Truthout | Report photo above: Little Visuals excerpts: A draft UN report has warned that missing the 1.5°C warming target set by the Paris Climate Accords will multiply hunger, migration and conflict around the globe. The 1.5°C target means limiting atmospheric temperatures from rising more than 1.5°C above what they […]