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Weaning From Outrage
As I drove north, along I-70 into Indianapolis, then taking I-69 all the way up to the wilds of the back roads north of Lansing, I listened to podcast after podcast. It was a time to catch up on the backlog, and it seems that a trio of shows has cultivated a moment, a sense…
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Why Bernie Sanders hates the media
Does Sen. Bernie Sanders hate the media? According to Paul Heintz, the political editor for Seven Days, the answer is yes. In this interview for On the Media, Heintz shows Sen. Sanders’ penchant for calling out the media and his ongoing distrust of it. He argues that “the media have never really noticed how Sanders sees them. Because…
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Why the GOP should shift its position on guns
The broken record we’re playing is getting old and the country we all value is disappearing to the point in which our 2 major parties are both sloganeering that we must “take our country back” from the other. Why has this point been missed by so many? That both of our major parties feel disempowered?…
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One example of how the Bible is political
Remember, O Lord, what has befallen us; look, and see our disgrace! Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers, our homes to aliens. We have become orphans, fatherless; our mothers are like widows. We must pay for the water we drink; the wood we get must be bought. With a yoke on our necks…
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There is no logo
It’s no surprise that we struggle with change. I freaked out a bit in the spring when McDonald’s stopped serving hot mustard for their nuggets (it really is the most redeeming part of eating chicken nuggets at all). So thank GOD they’ve brought back the mustard! Change is something we fear. But not all change is terrifying.…
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Someone untimely born
Toward the end of Paul’s first letter to the church in Corinth, he wrote something that sounds a lot like this: I’ve given you something really, really important, maybe the most important thing that I’ve learned: Christ died because we sin. He was buried. Two days later he was brought to life like it says in our Hebrew…
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When we hate cheating…and following the rules
Imagine if Mitt Romney got caught stuffing ballot boxes in 2012. Well, not actually Mitt, but staff. Volunteers, actually. You’d be pissed, right? That’s serious, land his ass in jail stuff. Now imagine that election law only says that it is against the law to stuff ballot boxes. It doesn’t say what it means or…
