Soleimani deserved what he got but this doesn’t redeem the clueless incompetence of the President.
America
The Weaponization of Anti-Racism
Somewhere along the way the work of confronting the rot of racism took a turn. The understanding that racism is a universal toxin, mediated through social systems, gave way to a vigilance for the individual offender.
The Happiness of Kalashnikov
All of us together, pretending to be happy, are what we appear to be.
Podcast 97: White Evangelical Authoritarianism, with Guest Christopher Stroop
Visit freelance writer and scholar, Christopher Stroop, at chrisstroop.com and follow him on Twitter
Life in a time of moral clarity
Donald Trump has clarified the moral landscape in an exhilarating way. The people who love and admire him are emboldened to undertake his cause. And the rest of us should likewise be emboldened to fight and to prevail.
Trump is Today But The Mess Will Stay
It’s Time To Think About The Post-Trump Future ✎ Wayne K. Spear | December 4, 2017 • Current Events O NE DAY Donald J. Trump will no longer be the President of the United States of America. Whether he is impeached… Read More ›
Podcast 86: Dighton Rock and the Erasure of America’s Indigenous Past, with author Douglas Hunter
Douglas Hunter on Amazon.
God’s Men In Washington
America’s evangelical Christians finally have God’s man in Washington. From this premise follows the conclusion that we can learn a lot about God, and about his people, from this administration.
Fake News, Real Money
We have all heard the President say that the news is fake, and we have seen this assertion take root and spread like a kind of conceptual weed. The phrase “fake news” contains within it the connotation of counterfeit and… Read More ›
When the Centre No Longer Holds: Trump and the Media
The day will arrive when the world is rid of this menace of a President, but just as the rot did not begin with him, neither will it end with him. The rot itself is that the centre cannot hold… Read More ›
Sonny Daze Meets the Orange Menace
The two August Leaders, one the President of America and the other the President of that country somewhere in the vicinity of America, clashed in a fierce battle of handshake. The Orange Menace grimaced, jerking the arm of his rival…. Read More ›
The Blue and the Red
They had absorbed WhoMeaning, as it came to be known, much the way a sponge takes water. WhoMeaning, if you are among the uninformed, refers to the now-common habit of assessing a message by noting the messenger. Today it will… Read More ›
The Ones Who Know Jesus
Trumpetsound, a fissure of sky. A midnight darkness visible yields to His glory. The firmament echoes of angelsong. Jesus has come, and the many see and fear. Hallelujah! He has come! For centuries He has tarried. For millennia His people… Read More ›
Yes Mister President Yes
Through the fence between the curling flower spaces the ones who make the words the mean words can see us hitting later they bring me the papers the papers papers papers and I tell them I say Enough of the… Read More ›
Mr Htimsbackwards
Mr Htimsbackwards, my friend, perhaps even my conscience, perhaps my only friend and my only conscience, perhaps my soul, or myself even, perhaps. On a friday, or a monday. In any case, upon a day of the week. Your choice,… Read More ›
