Soleimani deserved what he got but this doesn’t redeem the clueless incompetence of the President.
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Podcast 97: White Evangelical Authoritarianism, with Guest Christopher Stroop
Visit freelance writer and scholar, Christopher Stroop, at chrisstroop.com and follow him on Twitter
We’re in no mood for explaining ourselves to Canada
We don’t need, and we don’t want, a devil’s advocate to set us right about the value of Indigenous lives ✎ Wayne K. Spear | February 11, 2018 • Politics I CAN’T IMAGINE ANYTHING worse than losing a child. Now consider,… Read More ›
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.
NatChief PB is Doing Very Good Great Things at the AFN
For the first time in Canada’s history, a federal government has a plan for Indigenous people that is going to be great for them
Is it Even Possible for the MMIWG National Inquiry To Do Better?
So far the MMIWG National Inquiry has been a disappointment, but I wonder how much it is within the power of this organization to do better. To what extent is the National Inquiry hindered by Canada?
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.
Jagmeet Singh’s Charm Offensive
Gone are the days when a political party might actually have something to fight for or about, such as proletariat revolution or tooth-and-claw capitalism. It’s three parties for the middle class, comrade. So who do you think has the nicest suit?
One Nation Under Theocrats
In Trump’s America everything depends on the manner in which Republican factionalism is resolved. In Alabama we may have come closer to a resolution ✎ Wayne K. Spear | September 28, 2017 | waynekspear.com HOURS AGO, as of the time I… Read More ›
Thoughts on Christianity and Authoritarianism
If the reports are to be believed, one-third of Americans today approve of the President’s performance. The constituency most likely to go on approving of Mr. Trump is evangelical Christians, in particular middle-aged white evangelical Christians. Much has been written of… Read More ›
Sir John A. Macdonald: a morally unremarkable man
By the time I have finished this little essay of mine, the Twitter storm which is its occasion will have passed, and a new and equally useless storm will be underway. Only a fraction of people take notice of Twitter,… 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 ›
Introducing Ken Detective
Ken Detective takes the last of the bourbon. He of broad shoulders, square chin, chaws chaws the glass to tabletop, until a waitress arrives on a circuit that will soon return her bearing another. Ken Detective eyes the courtyard. Birds… 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 ›
