Going “Inside the Effort to Create a ‘Christian Nationalist’ Internet”
Jack Jenkins October 20, 2021 WN: What more is there to say? The subtitle of a book by Kristin Kobes du Mez says it all. And the book is superbly researched and written. (Click on it for my review. Subtitle bolded.): Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation. […]
How Tucker Carlson became the voice of White grievance
By Michael Kranish July 14, 2021 photo above: patheos.com WN: What does one do with such elite entitlement; with such endless prevarication; with such premeditated blindness/deafness? In short, with such just plain awfulness?! Mark 8:18 and John 12:38 – 41 in Jesus’ words are pointers to a response: Do you have eyes but fail to […]
Trump loves white men. These ‘recovering Republicans’ no longer love him back.
Trump is never going to stop playing the role of the male champion on TV. But at least some men are starting to see through the lie. by Liz Plank Liz Plank, an MSNBC columnist, award-winning journalist and author, was the host of “Positive Spin.” Her book, “For the Love of Men: A New Vision […]
The Price of White Evangelical Patriarchy
By Eric C. Miller | July 7, 2020 photo above: Donald Trump stands near a statue of John Wayne during a news conference at the John Wayne Museum in Winterset, Iowa. (AP/Jae C. Hong) WN: Though not declamatory, this interview with Kristin Kobes Du Mez, author of just published Jesus and John Wayne: How White […]
Comments On: Amazing Disgrace
By Sarah Posner Illustration above by Brian Reedy. Think of the illustration in conjunction with this hugely ironic quote, one that said far more about Christian Nationalist sentiment than the good reverend knew: “We put God right at the center of the White House.” —Paula White, speaking at an Evangelicals for Trump event at Solid […]
Tucker Carlson’s Manufactured America
By Megan Garber July 12, 2021 WN: Sick . . . Please also see an earlier piece by Timothy Karr, April 27, 2021: Tucker Carlson’s Racism: Paid for by You. We read: Racism pays in America—especially if you’re the primetime host of a cable channel that panders to the country’s sizable population of white nationalists. […]
Cornel West Says ‘Neo-Fascist Gangster’ Trump and Neoliberal Democrats Expose America as ‘Failed Social Experiment’
WN: Please see in light of the title this outstanding article by Canadian Wade Davis: The Unraveling of America. [pullquote]One knows a “civilization” is dying when small men cast long shadows.–anonymous American pastor, 2020[/pullquote] 1. Introduction to the Post: This post, updated numerous times, has become a kind of dog’s breakfast. One could spend hours […]