Blog 25 Jul 2023 The American Evangelical Church Is in Crisis. There’s Only One Way Out. By Russell Moore July 25, 2023 image above: Religion and Right-Wing Politics: How Evangelicals Reshaped Elections - The New York Times… Editor No Comments
Blog 11 Jul 2023 When climate change hits home By David Gelles Photo by Tom Fisk WN: At once gargantuan challenges and huge optimism. excerpts: [pullquote]But in this case,… Editor No Comments
Blog 11 Jul 2023 Who Truly Threatens the Church? July 9, 2023 By David French Opinion Columnist image above: Robert Stokoe | Follow WN: There is great wisdom in… Editor No Comments
Blog 10 Jul 2023 It’s Seven Grandkids, Mr. President Opinion By Maureen Dowd Opinion Columnist July 8, 2023 photo above: One of the photos Lunden Roberts posted on Instagram… Editor No Comments
Blog 10 Jul 2023 A Tribute to My Longstanding Friend and Colleague Jim Wilson by M2W2 Staff | Jul 10, 2023 WN: Jim Wilson and I were hired at the same time in January… Editor No Comments
Blog 09 Jul 2023 A small-town Georgia preacher fills pews by leaving no one out By Alison Miller July 9, 2023 photo above: Pastor Grant Myerholtz leads Mt. Hebron Baptist Church in Hartwell, Ga. His… Editor No Comments
Blog 02 Jul 2023 Dread, white and blue David Shribman The Globe and Mail Pittsburgh Published June 30, 2023 photo above: The Supreme Court in its final day… Editor No Comments
Blog 14 May 2023 Franklin Graham warns Liberty graduates about ‘culture of confusion,’ ‘lies from Hell’ By Michael Gryboski, Mainline Church Editor May 13, 2023 image above: The Rev. Franklin Graham gives the commencement address at… Editor No Comments
Blog 12 Apr 2023 Was America Great When It Burned Native American Babies? (Audio and Transcript) – Truthdig Posted initially on Aug 5, 2016 Interview by Truthdig Editor in Chief Robert Scheer “Benjamin Madley((See many of his writings… Editor No Comments
Blog “We put God right at the center of the White House.” —Paula White, speaking at an Evangelicals for Trump event at Solid Solid Rock Church, Ohio, March 6, 2020 25 Mar 2023 Comments On: Amazing Disgrace By Sarah Posner Illustration above by Brian Reedy. Think of the illustration in conjunction with this hugely ironic quote, one… Editor No Comments
Blog 21 Mar 2023 Reflection on: How the U.S. broke Iraq By Ishaan Tharoor with Sammy Westfall | Email image above: A U. S. marine checks the bag of a man,… Editor No Comments
Blog 20 Mar 2023 Thoughts About: Why white Christian nationalists are in such a panic By Jennifer Rubin | March 19, 2023 WN: In response to the article highlighted below, I quote Scripture (Philippians 2)… Editor No Comments
Blog 18 Mar 2023 Amazon Rainforest Destabilizes the World March 17, 2023 by Robert Hunziker image above: Vlad Hilitanu WN: Thank God for small environmental gains. But the outlook… Editor No Comments
Blog 18 Mar 2023 Christian Pacifism and Its Cultured Naysayers ***NOTE 1: Many footnotes add detail and background to the text.*** ***NOTE 2: The PDF academic version is here.*** WN:… Editor No Comments
Blog 17 Mar 2023 The privacy loophole in your doorbell By Alfred Ng 03/07/2023 image above: DAQ for POLITICO WN: The article highlighted below caught my eye. It's all about… Editor No Comments
Blog 15 Mar 2023 The United States and ICC have an awkward history By Adam Taylor with Sammy Westfall Email image above: bicakhukuk.com WN: "Oddly, the U.S. position on the ICC is the… Editor No Comments
Blog 13 Mar 2023 Is Violence Master Of Us All? April 22, 2001; April 29, 2001; May 6, 2001 - 3 Sunday School classes image above: A History of Violence:… Editor No Comments
Blog 06 Mar 2023 Comments On: Jimmy Carter embodies the ‘road not taken’ by many White evangelical Christians Story by John Blake: He is the author of the forthcoming: More Than I Imagined: What a Black Man Discovered… Editor No Comments
Blog 04 Mar 2023 Thoughts On: Worried that women will be prosecuted for using abortion pills? It’s already happening by Arwa Mahdawi March 4, 2023 WN: While I oppose abortion on principle, abortion should be an ethical, not a… Editor No Comments
Blog 15 Feb 2023 Revealed: the hacking and disinformation team meddling in elections by Stephanie Kirchgaessner, Manisha Ganguly, David Pegg, Carole Cadwalladr and Jason Burke Wed 15 Feb 2023 image above: Tal Hanan… Editor No Comments
Blog 15 Feb 2023 While locked up in a U.S. prison, Jesse Krimes secretly created epic works of art Feb 15, 2023 image above: While serving five years in a U.S. federal prison, Jesse Krimes created elaborate works of… Editor No Comments
Blog 15 Feb 2023 Book Review of: Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation Book Review of: Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation Kristin Kobes Du… Editor No Comments
Blog 15 Feb 2023 Extensive Commentary On: What white Christian support for Trump reveals about systemic racism By Robert P. Jones | November 12, 2020 [pullquote]But among the sizable minority of Americans who disagree with each of these… Editor No Comments
Blog 11 Feb 2023 He planned to blow up a mosque, but found salvation there instead Sheena Goodyear CBC Radio Posted: Feb 10, 2023 image above: When Richard (Mac) McKinney first visited a mosque in Muncie,… Editor No Comments
Blog 08 Feb 2023 Drought doomed this empire by Adam Taylor with Sammy Westfal (overall of "Today's WorldView,"((Developments on the war in Ukraine, analysis of the most important… Editor No Comments
Blog 04 Feb 2023 Commentary On: How can I reconcile the good and evil of Jean Vanier? Colleen Dulle photo above: Jean Vanier, founder of the L'Arche communities, is pictured in a Feb. 17, 2015, photo. (CNS photo/courtesy… Editor No Comments
Blog 28 Jan 2023 State Terror: Tyre Nichols’s Death Is America’s Shame Jan. 27, 2023 By Charles M. Blow Opinion Columnist image above: Protesters gather in NYC’s Union Square Friday night after… Editor No Comments
Blog Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (2022). Daniel Craig as Detective Benoit Blanc. Cr. John Wilson/Netflix © 2022. 28 Jan 2023 More than a whodunit: ‘Glass Onion’ examines our complicity in society’s evils by Mike Jordan Laskey January 28, 2023 image above: Daniel Craig as Detective Benoit Blanc in "Glass Onion: A Knives… Editor No Comments
Blog 24 Jan 2023 What Really Took America to War in Iraq By Melvyn P. Leffler--From the January/February 209 issue: The George W. Bush years January 23, 2023 image above: Alex Cochran… Editor No Comments
Blog 21 Jan 2023 Thoughts On: The Great Santos January 20, 2023 Matthew Stevenson image above: Original cover art for the 1927 edition of The Great Gatsby by Francis… Editor No Comments
Blog 16 Jan 2023 Following in MLK’s Footsteps Means Resisting Christian Nationalism By Nicholas Powers | Truthout January 16, 2023 WN: In the excellent article highlighted below, the author writes: Today the… Editor No Comments
Blog 07 Jan 2023 Prison or mercy? A Jan. 6 rioter weighs his sins and confronts his fate. (Wow!) By Greg Jaffe January 5, 2023 image above: Jake Peart, at his home in Hurricane, Utah, on Dec. 20, 2022.… Editor No Comments
Blog Rep.-elect George Santos (R-N.Y.) seen during the first day of the 118th session of Congress on Tuesday, January 3, 2023. 04 Jan 2023 Focus On: All of the Many, Many Lies George Santos Has Told Decca Muldowney | Reporter-Researcher Jan. 04, 2023 image above: kget.com WN: This is Trump (weighing in at 30,000 mistruths - that's… Editor No Comments
Blog 03 Jan 2023 So Sad: The Final Campaign Inside Donald Trump’s sad, lonely, thirsty, broken, basically pretend run for reelection. (Which isn’t to say he can’t win.) The Power Trip Dec. 23, 2022 Olivia Nuzzi New York’s Washington correspondent WN: I once saw a cartoon about a… Editor No Comments
Blog 31 Dec 2022 MYSTICISM: The Time Is The Time Of No Room, by Thomas Merton–Reflections Source: Raids on the Unspeakable WN: Thomas Merton had eyes to see and ears to hear. If we are not… Editor No Comments
Blog 29 Dec 2022 There’s no such thing as ‘freak’ weather any more – and 2023 already looks like a disaster movie John Vidal Thu 29 Dec 2022 image above: Dan Cappellazzo WN: I have close relatives who for years have denied… Editor No Comments
Blog 26 Dec 2022 Firewood will save the West Paul Kingsnorth is a novelist and essayist. His latest novel Alexandria is published by Faber. He also has a Substack:… Editor No Comments
Blog 19 Dec 2022 ‘That’s Hitler, Bannon thought’: 2022 in books about Trump and US politics by Lloyd Green Sun 11 Dec 2022 image above: Steve Benson | Copyright 2022 Creators Syndicate WN: This is an… Editor No Comments
Blog 19 Dec 2022 Catholic group under attack by GOP for aiding migrants says its work ‘is mandated by the gospel’ December 19, 2022 WN: It's all so anti-Christ and tragic . . . excerpts: [pullquote]The organization leader said that rather… Editor No Comments
Blog 19 Dec 2022 Mary and John: Troubled Families photo above: WN: My friend Ron Dart, amongst many scholarly pursuits and prolific writing, was awarded in 2022 a Degree… Editor No Comments
Blog 19 Dec 2022 ‘Conspiracy to defraud’ is the perfect charge against the grifter Trump December 19, 2022 By Eugene Robinson | Columnist WN: Trump The Ultimate Grifter. Trump The Ultimate Ugly American. Trump The… Editor No Comments
Blog 06 Dec 2022 Herschel Walker Is the New Normal By Tom Nichols December 6, 2022 image above: meetthematts.com [pullquote]By encouraging Walker to run for the Senate and endorsing him… Editor No Comments
Blog 30 Nov 2022 Beware of Those Who Believe They Were Sent By God thomhartmann (This content is not subject to review by Daily Kos staff prior to publication.) November 29, 2022 Image by… Editor No Comments
Blog 29 Nov 2022 The Kingdom of God is so different from our reality. That’s why it can feel scandalous to us. Jim McDermott November 29, 2022 image above: Peaceable Kingdom (1833) -- Edward Hicks WN: My friend Gerry Ayotte forwarded notice… Editor No Comments
Blog 23 Nov 2022 Should Ukraine Give Peace Talks a Chance? foreign interests Nov. 22, 2022 image above: WN: This is a comprehensive review of the war between Russia and Ukraine… Editor No Comments
Blog 23 Nov 2022 Israel and the Palestinians: Apartheid State by Ron Dart image above: 15 May, 2013, marked the 65th anniversary of the Nakba – when 750,000 Palestinians were… Editor No Comments
Blog 22 Nov 2022 At last!: Trump finally starts bleeding evangelical support—but this time no one thinks it’s the stigmata Aldous J Pennyfarthing for Community Contributors Team November 18, 2022 image above: A group of 25 evangelical pastors and leaders… Editor No Comments
Blog 22 Nov 2022 Trump Wanted I.R.S. Investigations of Foes, Top Aide Says Michael S. Schmidt Nov. 13, 2022 image above: Rick McKee | Counterpoint.com WN: Trump always looks bad, because he has… Editor No Comments
Blog 17 Nov 2022 The war in Ukraine has paralyzed global politics By Ishaan Tharoor with Sammy Westfall Email image above: Leaders meet during a Group of 20 summit in Bali, Indonesia,… Editor No Comments
Blog 16 Nov 2022 Insights Into: Trump Is Back In by Tom Nichols November 16, 2022 WN: "Lance the boil!" Amen! Please also see, by Cas Mudde, November 16, 2022:… Editor No Comments
Blog 15 Nov 2022 Comments on: Loyal to “God” and Trump, Mike Pence Defends His Record By Jennifer Szalai Nov. 14, 2022 image above: Donald Trump presenting Mike Pence as his running mate at a campaign… Editor No Comments
Blog 13 Nov 2022 The Great Sumas Lake Heist: A Guilty Little Secret in Plain Sight Sumas Lake until a century ago covered about 10% of the Fraser Valley's fertile farmland. Then it was 'disappeared.' Whatever… Editor No Comments
Blog 12 Nov 2022 ‘Subpoenas’ Served on US Weapons Manufacturers Brad Wolf November 11, 2022 image above: On November 10th, 2022, at Raytheon Technologies in Arlington, VA, members and supporters… Editor No Comments
Blog 08 Nov 2022 The Quiet Part is Very Much Out Loud: Conservative Publication Calls For Embrace of Totalitarianism By Annika Brockschmidt November 7, 2022 WN: Christian Nationalism, according to this article, is now in the conservative mainstream. This… Editor No Comments
Blog 07 Nov 2022 Remembering Frederick Buechner, 1926-2022 August 29, 2022 Martin Dotterweich Memorial image above: thedubiouspandita.wordpress.com WN: Decades ago, I encountered the writings of Frederick Buechner. I never tired… Editor No Comments
Blog 02 Nov 2022 Highlighting: Never underestimate how much people hate Nancy Pelosi Monica Hesse November 1, 2022 image above: Nancy Pelosi gets a kiss from her husband, Paul Pelosi, at a 2007… Editor No Comments
Blog 01 Nov 2022 Thoughts On: If today’s GOP baffles you, consider what motivates its base By Jennifer Rubin November 1, 2022 image above: Illustration above by Brian Reedy. Think of the illustration in conjunction with… Editor No Comments
Blog 01 Nov 2022 Two Arizona Republicans on their fight for election facts October 30, 2022 CBSNews - Sunday image above: Arizona AG debunks 2020 election fraud claims | 60 Minutes 01:12 ©… Editor No Comments
Blog 01 Nov 2022 Stephen Miller group’s radio ads accuses Biden of ‘racism’ towards white Americans By Meridith McGraw 10/31/2022 WN: Sadly, I've been hearing tropes like this for years from a close relative . .… Editor No Comments
Blog 27 Oct 2022 The climate news is bad. The climate reality is worse. Ishaan Tharoor, with Sammy Westfall Email image above: chicagopolicyreview.org WN: There is a howling cry in the Book of Revelation… Editor No Comments
Blog 27 Oct 2022 The Secret Path – Gord Downie’s Secret Path In Concert WN: The concert and the TV Special, "The Secret Path" (the latter written and directed by Gord Downie of "The… Editor No Comments
Blog 27 Oct 2022 Deconstruction or Reconstruction? Pastors Discuss a Reboot of Evangelicalism Bob Smietana October 26, 2022 image above: Panelists Joel Lawrence, from left, Malcolm Foley, Gavin Ortlund, Elizabeth Conde-Frazier, Doug Sweeney… Editor No Comments
Blog 13 Oct 2022 The case against Donald Trump Analysis by Philip Bump National columnist October 13, 2022 image above: President Donald Trump at the Jan. 6, 2021, rally… Editor No Comments
Blog 12 Oct 2022 If Trump Runs Again, Do Not Cover Him the Same Way: A Journalist’s Manifesto Perspective by Margaret Sullivan Margaret Sullivan was The Post’s media columnist from 2016 until late August. This article is adapted… Editor No Comments
Blog 12 Oct 2022 Thoughts On: The GOP Is a Cultish, Destructive Fascist Organization—Not a Legitimate Political Party Thom Hartmann October 12, 2022 image above: WN: This is indeed tragic for our neighbours to the south; and Why… Editor No Comments
Blog 11 Oct 2022 Interaction With: Looking for advice on masculinity? Try St. Joseph rather than Jordan Peterson Oct 11, 2022 by Stephen G. Adubato | Opinion Stephen G. Adubato studied moral theology at Seton Hall University and… Editor No Comments
Blog 10 Oct 2022 Why Donald Trump was bad for America but good for Canada October 10, 2022 Galen Watts FWO / Banting Fellow, Centre for Sociological Research, KU Leuven image above: Donald Trump is… Editor No Comments
Blog 08 Oct 2022 This $108 Bamboo Home Is a Lifeline for Future Flood Victims by Nick Aspinwall Oct. 08, 2022 image above: Courtesy of Heritage Foundation of Pakistan WN: Wow! The article below is… Editor No Comments
Blog 03 Oct 2022 Thoughts On: Why Do So Many Americans Believe the Lies Pushed by the GOP? thomhartmann Community (This content is not subject to review by Daily Kos staff prior to publication.) Thursday September 29, 2022… Editor No Comments
Blog 03 Oct 2022 Opinion: How the U.S. role in the Holocaust plays out in today’s politics By Kate Woodsome Producer, writer, director | September 21, 2022 image above: Members of the Sturmabteilung [Stormtroopers] or SA —… Editor No Comments
Blog 03 Oct 2022 Opinion: Once again, the media fails to press Republicans on Trump’s vile rhetoric By Jennifer Rubin Columnist |October 3, 2022 WN: Tragically, everything about Trump politically is summed up in an adverb and… Editor No Comments
Blog 02 Oct 2022 Season of Creation wails with destructive storms worldwide Sept. 29, 2022 image above: An aerial view shows homes surrounded by floodwaters in Lee County, Fla., Sept. 29, 2022,… Editor No Comments
Blog 28 Sep 2022 Roger Stone: ‘F**k the voting, let’s get right to the violence.’ Also Stone: ‘That’s a deepfake’ Rebekah Sager Daily Kos Staff Tuesday September 27, 2022 image above: from documentary by filmmakers Christoffer Guldbrandsen and Frederik Marbell… Editor No Comments
Blog 27 Sep 2022 Trump’s Messiah Scam Increases His Threat To America September 23, 2022 thomhartmann image above: Pete Linforth from Pixabay WN: The author of the article highlighted below consciously or… Editor No Comments
Blog 25 Sep 2022 The US media and public seem to suffer from collective amnesia. September 24, 2022 image above: Trump Kyle Rittenhouse Award WN: My only quibble with this pointed article: the author only… Editor No Comments
Blog 23 Sep 2022 The online incel movement is getting more violent and extreme, report says Taylor Lorenz Updated September 23, 2022 image above: CONSERVATIVE CHRISTIANITY’S “COME TO JESUS” MOMENT IN WAKE OF ELLIOT RODGER SHOOTINGS… Editor No Comments
Blog 23 Sep 2022 Jan. 6 Twitter witness: Failure to curb Trump spurred ‘terrifying’ choice Drew Harwell September 22, 2022 image above: Former Twitter employee Anika Collier Navaroli. (Marlena Sloss for The Washington Post) WN:… Editor No Comments
Blog 21 Sep 2022 NY AG Sues Trump and Children Over ‘Staggering’ Criminal Fraud Julia Conley September 21, 2022 WN: I have a close relative who railed against the dishonesty of the Clinton's, Obama,… Editor No Comments
Blog 19 Sep 2022 Ukraine Is the Next Act in Putin’s Empire of Humiliation July 26, 2022 By Peter Pomerantsev Mr. Pomerantsev is the author of “This Is Not Propaganda: Adventures in the War… Editor 2 Comments
Blog 14 Sep 2022 Long Live Imperialism?!–Thoughts On: Queen Elizabeth II and The End of Britain’s Imperial age By Ishaan Tharoor, with Sammy Westfall Email photo above: akdenizpazar.com WN: While true that Queen Elizabeth "was perhaps not privy… Editor 2 Comments
Blog 04 Sep 2022 A Contemplative Service for September 4, 2022 September 4, 2022 WN: Esther and I take delight in the weekly contemplative service by Godspace, modelled after Taizé: Today's… Editor No Comments
Blog 03 Sep 2022 Commentary On: The seeds of Biden’s democracy speech sprouted long before the Mar-a-Lago search By Sam Stein, Eugene Daniels and Jonathan Lemire 09/03/2022 WN: Of The Prison of Democracy: Race, Leavenworth, and the Culture… Editor No Comments
Blog 24 Aug 2022 Is Donald Trump the Antichrist? thomhartmann Community (This content is not subject to review by Daily Kos staff prior to publication.) Tuesday August 23, 2022… Editor No Comments
Blog 24 Aug 2022 Could American Evangelicals Spot the Antichrist? Here Are the Biblical Predictions: by Benjamin L. Corey 6/10/2020 image above: I've reviewed every prophecy on the Antichrist, and what I read blew my… Editor 2 Comments
Blog 24 Aug 2022 After decades in GOP, Colo. senator says: ‘We need Democrats in charge’ By Jonathan Edwards August 23, 2022 image above: Longtime Republican Colorado state Sen. Kevin Priola, left, announced his decision to… Editor No Comments
Blog 23 Aug 2022 There Is No Happy Ending to America’s Trump Problem By Damon Linker Mr. Linker, a former columnist at The Week, writes the newsletter “Eyes on the Right.” Aug. 21,… Editor No Comments
Blog 20 Aug 2022 Frederick Buechner, Popular Christian ‘Writer’s Writer’ and ‘Minister’s Minister,’ Dies at 96 Emily McFarlan Miller August 16, 2022 image above: WN: The brilliant novelist/theologian was a great discovery. I read much of… Editor No Comments
Blog 20 Aug 2022 Focus On: Can GOP Voters Handle the Truth? By Tom Nichols August 17, 2022 image above: imgflip.com WN: I have been in profound disagreement over the years with… Editor No Comments
Blog 16 Aug 2022 FROM THE HEALTH DESK POLITICO Nightly by DAVID SIDERS 08/16/2022 WN: May such initiatives proliferate! excerpts: FROM THE HEALTH DESK — It’s no secret that… Editor No Comments
Blog 16 Aug 2022 ‘West Wants to Change Regimes for Itself’ August 15, 2022 Julie Varughese Admin, Africa, Archives image above: On left: U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken with Rwandan… Editor No Comments
Blog 14 Aug 2022 In Afghanistan, a legacy of U.S. failure endures By Ishaan Tharoor with Sammy Westfall August 14, 2022 image above: A crying Afghan woman begs for help from US troops.… Editor 2 Comments
Blog 13 Aug 2022 All the Marys July 18 2022 by Diana Butler Bass WN: The sermon by the above historian is revolutionary in terms of the… Editor No Comments
Blog 09 Aug 2022 Perspective On: The Mar-a-Lago Raid Proves the U.S. Isn’t a Banana Republic By David A. Graham AUGUST 8, 2022 image above: nbcnews.com WN: There is a great punchline to the article highlighted below.… Editor No Comments
Blog 08 Aug 2022 Commentary On: ‘He has done more to further the cause of hate in the US than almost anyone’: the rise and fall of Alex Jones Charlie Scudder Mon 8 Aug 2022 image above: forward.com WN: One can only hope the heading about the fall of… Editor No Comments
Blog 08 Aug 2022 Thoughts On: “We need to take away children.” An investigation by Caitlin Dickerson August 7, 2022 image above: These illustrations were created by The Atlantic using direct quotes… Editor No Comments
Blog 05 Aug 2022 Opinion | The GOP is sick. It didn’t start with Trump — and won’t end with him. By Dana Milbank | Columnist August 4, 2022 image above: Trump is sick. So is the GOP., by Joel Mathis,… Editor No Comments
Blog 04 Aug 2022 Thoughts on: Opinion | Josh Hawley’s problem with masculinity By Jonathan Capehart Columnist| August 3, 2022 image above: The House Jan. 6 committee shows a photo of Sen. Josh… Editor No Comments
Blog 02 Aug 2022 A World War II mystery solved by historian and gripping writer Michael Hesemann The Pope and the Holocaust: Pius XII and the Vatican Secret Archives Michael Hesemann For over two decades, Eugenio Pacelli,… Editor No Comments
Blog 01 Aug 2022 Interaction With: When Christianity Becomes Toxic ‘Christianism’ August 1, 2022 WN: This reflection by a top Christian ethicist is pointed, powerful, and hopeful! Please click on the… Editor No Comments
Blog 30 Jul 2022 Response To: The backlash to Christianity: Republicans are now panicked — but they only have themselves to blame July 29, 2022 By Amanda Marcotte, Senior Writer image above: rightwingwatch.org WN: This line in the highlighted article below stands… Editor No Comments
Blog 30 Jul 2022 Comments On: The Claremont Institute triumphed in the Trump years. Then came Jan. 6. By Marc Fisher and Isaac Stanley-Becker Updated July 30, 2022 | Published July 24, 2022 image above: Don Quixote de la Mancha… Editor No Comments
Blog 30 Jul 2022 Thoughts on: Honest Government Ad | US Supreme Court 🇺🇸 WN: This video is brilliant. Caveat: While the language is raw, the sentiment is true. I think it powerfully captures… Editor No Comments
Blog 30 Jul 2022 Pope Francis says Catholic Church committed cultural ‘genocide’ of Canada’s Indigenous peoples Jul 30, 2022 by Christopher White Christopher White is the Vatican correspondent for NCR. His email address is cwhite@ncronline.org. Follow him… Editor No Comments
Blog 29 Jul 2022 Should Canada Brace for a Second US Civil War? Crawford Kilian 26 Jul 2022 TheTyee.ca Crawford Kilian is a contributing editor of The Tyee. image above: heresathing.com WN: The… Editor No Comments
Blog 27 Jul 2022 What in the World Happened to Elise Stefanik? July 26, 2022 By Peter Wehner Mr. Wehner is a senior fellow at the Trinity Forum. image above: Damon Winter/The… Editor No Comments
Blog 23 Jul 2022 How Great Elvis Art: A roundup of Elvis’s gospel hits Michelle Smith July 22, 2022 image above: Clem Onojeghuo via Unsplash WN: The article highlighted is as the title indicates.… Editor No Comments
Blog 18 Jul 2022 Bill McKibben: “Appalling” European Heat Wave Demands Massive Climate Action By Amy Goodman, Democracy Now! Published July 18, 2022 WN: Nothing really to add. Except, to slightly vary the adage:… Editor No Comments
Blog 18 Jul 2022 Focus On: Mapping Militarism 2020 by David Swanson May 6, 2020 WN: The article highlighted below represents a brilliant and multiplex presentation of the worldwide… Editor No Comments
Blog 17 Jul 2022 Interaction with: US Democracy’s Survival Requires a More Powerful Response to January 6th by Douglas London July 15, 2022 image above: demdigest.org WN: “You can fool all the people some of the time… Editor No Comments
Blog 16 Jul 2022 The Neoliberal Order Is Crumbling. It’s Up to Us What Comes Next. 07.12.2022 image above: transcend.org WN: The article highlighted offers some fascinating analysis. excerpts: Neoliberalism may not be dead, but it… Editor No Comments
Blog 14 Jul 2022 Right into the political danger zone By Marc Tracy July 14, 2022 image above: In “Top Gun: Maverick,” Tom Cruise trains a group of young pilots… Editor No Comments
Blog 12 Jul 2022 Commentary on: John Bolton Casually Admits to CNN That He’s Planned Coups by Justin Baragona WN: Ah, the noble United States of America: ultimate bastion of democracy; exceptionally godly and self-sacrificing; a… Editor No Comments
Blog 12 Jul 2022 I Don’t Want to See a High School Football Coach Praying at the 50-Yard Line Opinion Guest Essay July 8, 2022 By Anne Lamott Ms. Lamott is a novelist and author of nonfiction books including,… Editor No Comments
Blog 11 Jul 2022 Tomgram Engelhardt, Life in Hell (Literally!) July 5, 2022 By Tom Engelhardt image above: thedailybeast.com WN: In the micro, I have a close relative who still… Editor No Comments
Blog 11 Jul 2022 Trump proven unfit for power again by Washington Examiner [pullquote]In any case, the series of Trump advisers and allies expressing disgust at his actions should convince… Editor No Comments
Blog 06 Jul 2022 The internet is… saved??!! image above: (September 2016)--For 5 years we've fought corporate giants to save the internet, and it's looking like WE'VE WON!!!!!… Editor No Comments
Blog 06 Jul 2022 Corporate and Contemplative Prayer WN: Taylor was kind enough to grant me permission to reproduce fully the excellent meditation below. He explains the provenance.… Editor No Comments
Blog 06 Jul 2022 The United States of Antipathy July 5, 2022 WN: There is dire warning in the article highlighted below. I fear it is warranted. We are… Editor 2 Comments
Blog 04 Jul 2022 Reflections on: How to Read Donald Trump By Ariel Dorfman July 3, 2022 image above and below: "If there was a single company that embodied the overarching… Editor No Comments
Blog 02 Jul 2022 The Pandemic Is Waning. Anthony Fauci Has a Few More Lessons to Share. By Anna Peele June 29, 2022 image above: Anthony Fauci. (Jesse Dittmar for The Washington Post) WN: Great insights about… Editor No Comments
Blog 02 Jul 2022 How Trump World pressures witnesses to deny his possible wrongdoing By Rosalind S. Helderman, Josh Dawsey and Jacqueline Alemany June 30, 2022 image above: Cassidy Hutchinson, a former aide to… Editor No Comments
Blog 01 Jul 2022 Thoughts on: Discovering the true self in God with Thomas Merton’s guidance This article appears in the Take and Read feature series. View the full series. Editor's note: "Take and Read" is a weekly blog that… Editor No Comments
Blog 01 Jul 2022 Homo Homini Ubuntu WN: “Homo Homini Ubuntu” – Man is Ubuntu To Man – is title of the talk given on the wonderful… Editor No Comments
Blog 01 Jul 2022 Kingdom Ethics excerpt: The Pattern Continues Throughout The Sermon We have examined three of the teachings in the Sermon on the Mount… Editor No Comments
Blog 01 Jul 2022 Why I Oppose the Death Penalty WN: I was invited to dialogue with Dr. Richard Land of (later) “The Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission” of the… Editor No Comments
Blog 30 Jun 2022 Do Christians Have a Responsibility to Protect? By Elias Crim April 18, 2022 WN: In the article highlighted, there is this: Here’s Augustine’s most famous passage on… Editor No Comments
Blog 28 Jun 2022 Opinion A question for those who say more faith will prevent gun violence: How? By Kate Cohen Contributing columnist |June 27, 2022 image above: Handguns for sale at a store in Greeley, Pa., on… Editor No Comments
Blog 27 Jun 2022 A planet in peril and our embrace of Big Brother: George Orwell would have been shocked by Rebecca Solnit image above: cloudcity7.com WN: The author's concluding line is foreboding and powerful: In many ways, we are… Editor No Comments
Blog 27 Jun 2022 I Prayed and Protested to End Roe. What Comes Next? By Karen Swallow Prior: Dr. Prior is a research professor at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary and a columnist for the… Editor No Comments
Blog 24 Jun 2022 Response To: ‘If you decide to cut staff, people die’: how Nottingham prison descended into chaos by Isobel Thompson June 21, 2022 image above: Ben Jones/The Guardian WN: This is a worldwide story repeated since the… Editor No Comments
Blog 24 Jun 2022 What Happens When White Identity Comes Before Christian Faith? By Michael O. Emerson July 2022 image above: Illustration by Michael George Haddad WN: The "religion of whiteness" says it… Editor No Comments
Blog 23 Jun 2022 The Jan. 6 hearings and the spectacle of competence Perspective by Inkoo Kang June 23, 2022 image above: Chairman Bennie G. Thompson (D-Miss.) and Vice Chair Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) speak… Editor No Comments
Blog 21 Jun 2022 How Franklin Graham pushed a domestic abuse victim to return to her husband By Sarah Pulliam Bailey June 20, 2022 image above: Naghmeh Panahi is pictured outside of her house in Boise. (Kyle… Editor No Comments
Blog 21 Jun 2022 Focus On: The Rise and Cost of He-Man Politics By Bill Donahue June 20, 2022 image above: (Van Saiyan for The Washington Post) [pullquote]He’s a strong, ripped White male… Editor No Comments
Blog 21 Jun 2022 Reflections On: Opinion Doug Mastriano’s unhinged ‘Nazi’ claim signals deeper danger ahead By Greg Sargent, Columnist June 2, 2022 image above: thedispatch.com WN: The U.S. has become increasingly unhinged--thanks in significant part… Editor No Comments
Blog 11 Jun 2022 Interaction With: When the US Is Truly Run by These Fascists It Will Be Too Late Thom Hartmann June 8, 2022 image above: That single strongman Leader is the key to understanding everything else that happens… Editor No Comments
Blog 08 Jun 2022 Thoughts on: With the Buffalo massacre, white Christian nationalism strikes again Perspective by Samuel L. Perry Philip S. Gorski May 20, 2022 image above: Hundreds of white nationalists marched on the… Editor No Comments
Blog 08 Jun 2022 Thoughts on: It’s Been 50 Years. I Am Not ‘Napalm Girl’ Anymore. June 6, 2022 by Kim Phuc Phan Thi Ms. Phan Thi is the founder of the Kim Foundation International, which… Editor No Comments
