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The problem of Logic Creep
Why do so many arguments sound logical, but we know aren’t? The problem is that we are stuck in ever-expanding contours of truth.
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Literal Bread?
For SundayTwelfth Sunday after Pentecost Collect Almighty God, you have given your only Son to be for us a sacrifice for sin, and also an example of godly life: Give us grace to receive thankfully the fruits of his redeeming work, and to follow daily in the blessed steps of his most holy life; through…
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Prosecuting the Mob
We all know what the mob boss means. We must stop pretending like the words themselves are the problem here.
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When is a car really a car?
How we understand a situation influences what we think of it. Sometimes we need to change the way we classify the world around us.
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Referring to a Marketplace of Ideas outsources responsibility
You’ve heard people refer to appealing to “the marketplace of ideas.” It’s a pretty clumsy way to refer to a negotiation.
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Confused by Racism
For many, talking about racism and white supremacy is hard. Of course, that’s by design. The white power movement intends to confuse you. The terms always guide the debate. But sometimes we mistake our seeking clarity of the terms for doing the work. There are so many names for racists and their organizations. Are we…
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Congress – the only place it is worse to be called a racist than to be a racist
In a recent exchange in Congress, Representatives Tlaib and Meadows reveal the way rules and racism coexist.
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Change: For the Sake of Change
The phrase is all too common: change for the sake of change. But we don’t actually mean it. We’re trying to say something else without having to say it. People like to say that we shouldn’t change for the sake of change. But it isn’t really true. We often change for the sake of change.…