Sunday, April 09, 2006

A minor observation

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about American political culture. But maybe evidence is not "evidence," at least in the public discourse, unless it is evidence in...

A bit of teeth gritting

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Perhaps this is a purgative in preparation for Holy Week. But reading this article in the New York Times, all I could think at the end was: ...
Saturday, April 08, 2006

Is a Christian Institution Possible?

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The UCC is trying to defend itself : The Rev. John H. Thomas, the denomination's president, has sharply criticized the Institute for Rel...
Friday, April 07, 2006

And now for something completely different....

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We are developing a culture based on the "Ken Lay" defense: i.e., so long as you can seal off the top person, the person who is a...

The Lost Gospel?

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A word about the newly announced "Gospel of Judas," which National Geographic was breathlessly promoting to booksellers a few mont...
Thursday, April 06, 2006

DeLay delays

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Not politics, really, more a question of law. And no comment arising from it, no diatribe or rant; just something to keep an eye on. DeLay...
Wednesday, April 05, 2006

Don't wanna study war no more...

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Blogs beget blogs. A great deal of the energy for this blog ends up coming from other blogs, from what they are saying. And a great deal of ...

What I have lost and found, lost and found....

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From A Year With Thomas Merton: "The Lord has plucked up proud men by their roots, and planted the lowly peoples." "He hath p...
Tuesday, April 04, 2006

Pursuing other interests?

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Tell me again Tom DeLay wasn't pushed : A special election to fill the remainder of DeLay's term likely will be held on the next uni...
Monday, April 03, 2006

POI's

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The sound on NPR this morning was the sound of the narrative disappearing. Deborah Amos reported not just on how civil war has probably alre...
Sunday, April 02, 2006

"Freedom? That is a worship word!"

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If you are young (old) enough, or geeky (sad) enough, you will remember the worst allegory of the Cold War the original Star Trek series eve...
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Oy, where to begin?

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I just posted the comment below on this thread at Street Prophets. You'll have to read the thread to know what I'm talking about, b...

"Religion is responsibility, or it is nothing at all."

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The New York Times comes around: Iraq is becoming a country that America should be ashamed to support, let alone occupy. The nation as a who...
Saturday, April 01, 2006

Just to close this off...

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I'm imagining Jill Carroll has some choice words for her U.S. critics, too: In her statement, Carroll thanked everyone who worked for he...

Literary Processions

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What Eliot said I. THE BURIAL OF THE DEAD APRIL is the cruellest month, breeding Lilacs out of the dead land, mixing Memory and desire, ...

Blessed are the peacemakers...

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Alright, this Jill Carroll matter is getting odder and odder. This post, on AlterNet , pretty much sums up my feelings, whether Jill Carroll...
Friday, March 31, 2006

We did so well so long....

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In case you missed the Senate Judiciary Committee hearings on C-Span2 this morning (I had to turn the TV up as loud as I could while I wande...

Demonizing the Other

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Listening to Tom Tancredo this morning , I started thinking about the tangled issue of immigration in this country. He mentioned a 700 mile ...
Thursday, March 30, 2006

"Peace, peace, when there is no peace."

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I'm going to get in trouble for this, but here goes. The Christian Peacekeeping Team, absent the murdered Tom Fox, was released recently...

Ain't gonna study war no more

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There's a great deal of generalizing going on here, and I hope I can be forgiven for not providing links and footnotes to all this rumin...