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Once more, after the breach
“I’m going to explain the Donald Trump phenomenon in three movies. And then some text.” Source: How Half Of America Lost Its F**king Mind Salty language in that article, but David Wong hits on a number of important themes that will need to be addressed after Nov. 7, regardless of who wins the election. Actually,…
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We all need a little more John Milton right now
I first encountered Milton’s excellent treatise in support of free speech when I was teaching British Literature, and I’ve never forgotten his stunning prediction that Truth, in an open encounter with lies, will always win. Given the nastiness of our civil discourse these days, perhaps Milton was too optimistic. The Enlightenment guys always were a…
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In defense of Twitter
An acquaintance of mine has posted a good piece about his growing dislike of Twitter. Here – take a look. I’ve grown to dislike Twitter. My recent experiment on Twitter even made me dislike me for a little while. I’d like to say it was the hack that did it to me. But it wasn’t. Source:…
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Civil Body Politic
Against my own good judgment, I’m going to offer a few thoughts sparked by this election cycle, which I don’t know whether to label a misery or a fascination. But a couple ideas have been nagging at me, and here they are. 1. I’m not sure when and how voting became such a sacrament…
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Is there a connection between ‘innocence’ and ‘privilege’?
To what extent do race and class enable us all to hide behind the idea of preserving innocence? And what implications does this have for Christians?
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