Aug 12 2009
An open letter to our suddenly-in-the-spotlight (and loving every minute of it) blue dog democrats: On the subject of healthcare reform, where exactly do you stand? We now know what you’re against, but what are you for? And just who is informing your finger-in-the-wind, myopic views on the matter? The insurance and pharmaceutical giants who fight …
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Feb 21 2009
Since this movie has been much talked about, on this list and among Oscar buzzers, today’s review by Gideon Levy in Haaretz offers a perspective I’ve not seen elsewhere: http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1065552.html “…the film is infuriating, disturbing, outrageous and deceptive. It deserves an Oscar for the illustrations and animation – but a badge of shame for its …
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Feb 14 2009
Here’s the cross that has haunted me ever since I saw it two years ago in Clarksdale, Mississippi, at a place called “Cat Head Blues.”
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Feb 11 2009
Just got this today: The Pastor asked if anyone in the congregation would like to express praise for answered prayers. A lady stood and walked to the podium. She said, “I have a Praise. Two months ago, my husband,Tom, had a terrible bicycle wreck and his scrotum was completely crushed. The pain was excruciating and …
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Jan 21 2009
Thanks so much for introducing me to Clarence Jordan. My pastor has loaned me a copy of Jordan’s “translation” of Matthew and John and, because of the intro by Tom Key, I am listening to Harry Chapin’s soundtrack now… My musical and literary education were sorely lacking. Is the musical still being performed on occasion? …
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Dec 30 2008
Apparently not even the seven-second delay can help sometimes. I was watching television “news” this morning and got to witness one of those rare moments when truth makes it onto America’s airwaves: http://tinyurl.com/a85vph or http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/12/30/zbigniew-brzezinski-calls_n_154211.html Enjoy. PS — if you have a problem with The Huffington Post, try Googling “Your knowledge is so stunningly superficial it’s almost …
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Dec 24 2008
Folksinger John McCutcheon’s “Christmas in the Trenches” — http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9coPzDx6tA The following is from Jim Wallis’ (www.sojo.net) weekly email: Silent Night, by Stanley Weintraub, is the story of Christmas Eve, 1914, on the World War I battlefield in Flanders. As the German, British, and French troops facing each other were settling in for the night, a …
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