Oct 12 2019

May new joy wait on you

  COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS (page 1) Delivered by William Blakemore at the graduation ceremonies of the class of 1974 of the American Community School of Beirut, Lebanon, held in the American University of Beirut Assembly Hall/Chapel, Friday, June 21, 1974 at…  [more]

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Aug 20 2019

Against the New Nationalism

An Appeal to Our Fellow Christians

By The Editors, August 19, 2019   Each day more signs point to a tremendous shift in American conservatism away from the prior consensus and toward the new nationalism of Donald Trump. This…  [more]

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Jul 19 2019

If I could apologize

If I could apologize

  To the Honorable Ilhan Abdullahi Omar, United States House of Representatives representing the 5th District of Minnesota, If I could apologize for how Americans have treated you this week, where would I begin?
  • I apologize
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Jul 15 2019

Gristle in your tea (deep thoughts for dark times)

Love and be killed

  The Gospels insist upon two antithetical truths which express the tragedy of the human condition: the first is that if you do not love you will not be alive; the second is that if you…  [more]

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Jun 19 2019

An era of shamelessness

Donald Quisling Blathers On

By Sasha Abramsky, 06/14/2019   In 1933, shortly after Hitler assumed power in Germany, a Norwegian army officer, Vidkun Quisling, founded Norway’s very own fascist party, the National Union. More than six years later, in…  [more]

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May 01 2019

Titanic America

Dear editor, Today is May 1, 2019 CE. May Day. This is my last letter. When I called The Sentinel Record a few weeks ago to stop my subscription, they graciously extended it one more month. Additional time only reinforced…  [more]

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Apr 14 2019

Epiphany

Ruminations from a May Day revisited

By Jacques d’Nalgar, May 1, 2012 (and rediscovered/completed on April 14, 2019 CE)   There have, of late, been an abundance of letters bemoaning our reluctance to wring every last drop of oil from…  [more]

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