Reading time – 2:29; Viewing time – 4:31 . . . John Pavlovitz is a blogging minister, a posting pastor, who regularly comments on what’s going on. He recently published an open letter “To The 100 Million Americans Who Didn’t Vote;” I highly recommend it to you because he’s nailed a central point of what… [read more]
Reading time – 6:49; Viewing time – 9:59 . . . First, a heads-up for the impatient: The lede is buried at the end of this post. A Really Tough Time for Republicans Judge Roy Moore was removed from the bench twice for flaunting our laws in favor of his absolutist religious beliefs. Yes, he… [read more]
Reading time – 4:04; Viewing time – 5:41 . . . Get a head start on the weekend: This is Sunday’s Disambiguation on Thursday so you’ll be ready for Saturday. ———————————————————– Earlier this year the Muslim Student Alliance of Niles West High School in Skokie, IL presented Truths to Combat Hate: Islamophobia Edition. The presentation… [read more]
Reading time – 4:46; Viewing time – 7:03 . . . My pal John Calia comments now and again on these posts and he recently declared me to be a far left liberal. “Not so!” I protested, and proceeded to show him a bunch of my views on issues about which the vast majority of… [read more]
Be sure to read this to the end, lest the bright, shiny objects distract your view. Reading time – 2:47; Viewing time – 4:25 . . . General Kelly gave a heartfelt and impassioned presentation this week, invoking the death of his son in the line of duty. And he talked about what happens to… [read more]
Reading time – 2:06; Humming time – 3:18 . . . Perhaps you caught part of President Trump’s stunningly cringe-worthy presentation in Puerto Rico, wherein he boasted about the fantastic job FEMA is doing and the amazing contributions of our military on that island, even as most of the relief supplies were still sitting in… [read more]
Reading time – 1:52 . . . That’s right – we kill ourselves with shocking regularity, but that really isn’t the most salient point. Rather, it’s that all but the last two were done by red-blooded Americans who were not Islamist extremists. They were Americans who were either mentally impaired or seeking revenge. So much… [read more]
Reading time – 3:25 . . . A guest essay follows a few comments on our federal “Who cares about it anyway?” crisis. How is it possible to explain the inadequate and, reasonably labeled as cruel behavior of the President of the United States toward the people of Puerto Rico and the mayor of San… [read more]
Reading time – 3:12; Viewing time – 4:54 . . . Most people feel their safety threatened when their treasured beliefs are challenged or even just questioned. And when our tectonic plates rumble beneath our feet, we get scared, then angry, then aggressive, wanting to drive away the threat. Think back to the violent reactions… [read more]
Reading time – 3:44; Viewing time – 5:17 . . . The most recent policy issue – in contrast to the daily dump of Trumpian crazy – was healthcare. That issue deserves one last piece of clarity. Conservatives believe that small government is best. They like minimum taxes, which obviously means that in their view… [read more]
