Mar 15 2020

Serendipity soup du jour

Moroccan Chicken Soup

As of 3/15/2020 (and subject to change without notice)   8 cups of water 2 cans (13 oz) ounces of white chicken meat, drained (or equivalent leftover rotisserie chicken, white or dark) 2 cans diced tomatoes, drained…  [more]

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Mar 09 2020

Despair is no option

Medicare for All Is the One-in-a-Million Shot We Have to Make Happen

By Natalie Shure, 02.19.2020, Jacobin Magazine   Throughout 2019, Iowans were walloped with political commercial after political commercial, owing to the fluke that their state votes first…  [more]

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Feb 29 2020

Uncle Bernie

Why Muslim Voters Love Bernie Sanders

By Steve Friess, 2/26/20 at 10:53 AM EST   At last night’s messy Democratic debate in Charleston, South Carolina, one of the messiest moments came when Bernie Sanders was asked to address the…  [more]

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Dec 28 2019

Impeachment 101

Trump’s Not Richard Nixon. He’s Andrew Johnson.

Betrayal. Paranoia. Cowardice. We’ve been here before. By Tim Murphy, January/February 2020 Issue of Mother Jones   It’s not hard to think of a historical precedent for President Donald Trump’s attempts to…  [more]

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Dec 16 2019

Ramblin’ Jack Elliott

 

Ramblin’ Jack

By The Arkansas Times’ The Observer, December 13, 2018   The Observer, like a lot of folks, is drawn to the real places: barbecue joints and honky-tonks, seedy truck stops and greasy little diners where the…  [more]

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Nov 17 2019

And no one dared to ask him any more questions.

 

Faith and Immortality

Christian belief in immortality is a corollary of the total Christian faith. It is not the initial affirmation of the Christian creed, not is it a detachable item that can be held in isolation; it is…  [more]

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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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