Adventus

"I would like to say 'This book is written to the glory of God', but nowadays this would be the trick of a cheat, i.e., it would not be correctly understood."--Ludwig Wittgenstein

"Life can only be understood backwards, but it must be lived forwards."--Soren Kierkegaard

Thursday, November 17, 2016

That's them in the spotlight....

Dammit! Missed again! TPM has been touting this article on Millenials and religion (I know, I know, technically R.E.M. are Gen X'e...

Yup

Wednesday, November 16, 2016

"Stop it"

. @thedailycampus BREAKING: Anti-black fliers found on @SMU campus, @ArmstrongSMU , @SMUDedman . Read more here | https://t.co/qRb6QBiTP...

Tuesday, November 15, 2016

Sympathy for the Devil

The assumption that "Trump voter = racist" is deeply corrosive to democracy. Also, wrong. https://t.co/vxFE571ILV — Chris Cilli...

Pardon this!

If it's good enough for a fictional staff member of a fictional President in a fictional White House.... I was not a fan of Ford...

Monday, November 14, 2016

"We, the historically disenfranchised...."

Which disenfranchised voters should we reach out to?

Welcome to the Monkey House

So, there won't be a "gap" between repeal of Obamacare, and replacement of Obamacare, according to the President-elect. ...

Howdy, y'all.

Much closer to reality than is comfortable.... Sorry to hammer this home, but I keep telling you we all live in Texas now. Case in po...

Sunday, November 13, 2016

"All of them, Katie"

Send in the deplorables The question is: how many nights a week must the President be in the White House? Mr. Trump, a homebody wh...

"Election Night"

' Kind of 'as I was saying,' actually. Because we still want the blacks and "Latinos" to vote with us. What woul...

Friday, November 11, 2016

The World Between the Coasts

Same as it ever was.... What Theda Skocpol said : Why do these different analytical approaches (aggregate attitudinal vs. organizati...

"May you live in interesting times"

Just had a very open and successful presidential election. Now professional protesters, incited by the media, are protesting. Very unfair!...

Leonard Cohen R.I.P.

I know everybody and his dog loves "Hallelujah." But "Suzanne" is still my favorite Leonard Cohen song (because your ...

"Still We Rise"

I know you can read about this everywhere ; I'm just a little shocked, is all. For many Americans across the country, Donald Trump...

Thursday, November 10, 2016

Texas, our Texas....

Don't say I didn't warn you : Perry on Twitter made the announcement saying that he had been contacted by the Trump transit...

"White people: wake up!"

So, there have been protests against the election of Donald Trump in Austin, Berkeley , New York, Chicago, Washington, D.C., Oakland, Lo...

Wednesday, November 09, 2016

"...being Christian is itself a posture of offense toward the world"

rustypickup sends me here : To be a scholar of religion is to participate in a hermeneutics of the incomprehensible. That isn’t exact...

Best Commentary on the Election Yesterday

This isn't an episode. This isn't marketing. This is reality. — Black Mirror (@blackmirror) November 9, 2016 And as I said yest...

The Big Shortening

Lately I've wondered what it was like to have Andrew Jackson as President. I never thought I'd get fo find out.... I was re...

Tuesday, November 08, 2016

The Butterfly Effect

It fell to the floor, an exquisite thing, a small thing that could upset balances and knock down a line of small dominoes and then big do...

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