Wednesday, May 18, 2005

Symbols as self

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Riverbend has a new post up today. It covers Condi's visit, the increasing and extremely confusing violence around Bagdad and the rest ...
Tuesday, May 17, 2005

"The cornerstone of our democracy is an open and accountable government,"

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In the continuing Newsweek saga, I simply direct you to watertiger , who has the complete letter from Rep. John Conyers to Mr. Scott McClell...

Totality, Infinity, and Newsweek

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Everyone will readily agree that it is of the highest importance to know whether we are not duped by morality.--Emmanuel Levinas It's an...

"NEWSWEEK LIED. PEOPLE DIED."

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This has become my favorite line, because it reminds me of Rummy today, shocked and outraged that Newsweek would go to press with poorly sou...
Monday, May 16, 2005

Bill Moyers Speaks, You Listen

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I've had the pleasure this morning of being able to listen to Bill Moyer's speak to "The National Media Reform Conference"...

School's Out

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I was helping my daughter study for her 7th grade final exams last night, trying to explain the three branches of government in a way she...
Saturday, May 14, 2005

Purity of Heart is to Will One Thing--Søren Kierkegaard

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This is the consequence of violence: On good days, Cpl. Richard Twohig doesn't throw up or have to spend 12 to 14 hours hiding in bed w...
Friday, May 13, 2005

American Life Changes

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This Sunday, May 15, is Retired Ministers Sunday in the UMC. The North Texas Reporter featured a column by retired minister Rev. John Brand....

Love your enemies

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What are your thoughts about using religious faith as an excuse for so much violence? Violence is not my understanding of the Christian noti...
Thursday, May 12, 2005

Sign o' the times

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If there is a theme that I hear constantly from the left leaning political sites that I frequent so often, it is that the rhetoric of the re...

Totality and Infinity

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Thinking of Levinas yesterday forced me to pull out my copy of Totality and Infinity again. Surprising what one has read and then forgotten...

Benedictus

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from Luke 1 (REB) 68 Praise to the Lord, the God of Israel For he has turned to his people and set them free. 69 He has raised for us a stro...
Wednesday, May 11, 2005

"Can't We All Just Get Along?"

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I am assuming most of the readers of this blog saw this earlier, at Eschaton (and thanks again to Attaturk for finding it). What intrigues...

Peace by definition

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I don’t really know what it means to bring “democracy” to the rest of the world. Is justice a commodity to be packaged and exported? Is free...
Monday, May 09, 2005

We interrupt this diversion...

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Interrupting the flow to say that Garrison Keillor has it just about almost exactly right: I don't worry about the right-wingers on AM ...

All the Subtlety of a Flying Brick....

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I had read Athenae's post earlier and may actually have been influenced by it, though in general I rather believe as I said that God man...
Sunday, May 08, 2005

Memo to me...

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Dear left rev., please read the blog for relevant posts before posting. That is all. Well, even if I had read the blog before ripping my la...

No Holiness But Social Holiness

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One just discusses what is the greatest good for the greatest number and without mentioning God at all, hasn't one really been talking a...

"Whatever you did for the least of these...."

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Tena raises an excellent question regarding the post below: One just discusses what is the greatest good for the greatest number and without...

Seventh Sunday in Easter

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Psalm 68:1-10, 32-35 68:1 Let God rise up, let his enemies be scattered; let those who hate him flee before him. 68:2 As smoke is driven awa...