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The most powerful thing Greta Thunberg has done is to speak the truth.
Our problem is we fear courage. We want it to work for us. Never hurt us. And only ever conform to our desires and hopes for the world.
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Even Scarier Words
EVEN SCARIER WORDS The day the president insulted himself I was 8. I didn’t know anything about him except that he sold weapons to bad people and seemed OK with lying about it. But I’ve always wondered how he could say such terrible things about himself. That his being there speaking would terrify a person.…
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It doesn’t count as the right thing
If you stop doing it for other reasons. Our recycling center has stopped taking glass. A sign posted on the locked dumpster said: Due to a drop in demand, we will not be taking glass for the foreseeable future. Now the dumpsters are gone entirely. I understand that “free” recycling is paid for by the…
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In the Wilds
a homily for Advent 2A Text: Matthew 3:1-12 In the wilderness, a hero As our story begins, it says John “appeared in the wilderness.” Other verbs would convey motion: John walked, wandered, or made his way. Our verb “appeared” lacks motion: he was not—then he was. John appeared, like an apparition, it seems from nothing.…
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Cargo Container Church
I’m claiming it now. I want to do a cargo container church. I’ve been reading Ready Made and Dwell and I know that people have transformed old cargo containers into living space. Now that Starbucks has unveiled a cargo container store, it is high time we renovate in this direction. I say no more big…
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Screw the Pope
Seriously. Maybe that’s the problem. Any takers? No? I don’t blame you. It would be one thing if he looked like Sean Connery, but the man really does look like his given name was Ratzinger. You’ve already heard about his circular logic that homosexuality is destroying marriage, an argument that seems lifted directly from the…
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Imposed Equilibrium
Being a journalist has got to be hard. Nasty emails and public trashing because, heaven forbid, you write a piece that doesn’t come off as some lukewarm non-story of two babbling idiots yelling at each other: particularly when your area of coverage is DC or the state capitols where those red-faced blowhards are your regular…
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7 Billion reasons to stop being selfish
Welcome to the world number 7,000,000,000! Now wait a second… oh! 7,000,000,001! Wait a few more seconds…There’s 7,000,002! Congratulations new babies, families, and all! This happy and joyous occasion! We can ignore the suffering for a little while, anyway! There are a few things that surprise me when they don’t hit people in the gut.…