Aug 28 2009

Final proof…

 …that the right wing of this country is certifiably, well, certifiable…  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0OUXkZO8vE  Still not convinced?  Keep watching:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LgSBumvA11M…  [more]

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Aug 12 2009

Congenitalia

 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…  [more]

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Jun 04 2009

Left behind

 Friends, I’ve been on this soapbox for many years now, but if you still insist that the hard-core beliefs of the fringes of American Christianity have no bearing on events on the other side of this space-traveling mudball, then read…  [more]

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Apr 27 2009

Tortured logic (a letter/editorial submission)

 For the sake of argument, let’s suppose torture works… For the sake of argument, let’s also suppose that 9/11 was inevitable.  Let’s suppose that it wasn’t a circus of errors and missed opportunities and hot pursuits that were allowed to…  [more]

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Mar 29 2009

Spring griping

 Some thoughts re. this morning’s service (the first one).  Actually, not all are directly related to today’s events; some of these have been building for a while and others are basically the same things I’ve griped about before.  You’re welcome…  [more]

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Mar 14 2009

Personal reflections

 My pastor John, methinks, probably wonders if I too often connect disparate ideas and events by the thinnest of threads.  There is an old tradition in the Middle East regarding when the feasts of Ramadan begin and end; as long…  [more]

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Feb 28 2009

All along the watchtower

 Having just finished a book that extols the virtue of harmonizing right-wing elements of Protestant and Roman Catholic Christianity (see http://tinyurl.com/b3levz and http://tinyurl.com/ahashg), I found the following Fisk commentary on papal perspective most interesting.  And more than a bit…  [more]

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