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Why Sarah Palin is Right About Baptism by Waterboarding — #AmericanBaptism
Why Sarah Palin is Right About Baptism by Waterboarding — #AmericanBaptism A must read post about the real torture of people versus imagined, metaphorical torture of concepts.
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When Torture Became Conventional
Last fall, The Walking Dead had its inevitable torture episode. It wasn’t surprising from a show that is so gleefully violent and revels in the dark recesses of the human psyche. As the story arc progressed, it became only a matter of time before one human would torture another. There was always something truly inevitable…
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A Real Story About Voter Fraud
Eight years ago, I was commuting to seminary. My official home was with my parents in Midland. My wife (then fiance) lived across town. I drove back on Election Day to vote. Rose went with us to my polling place and I went with her to hers. I was fired up to vote. I arrived home…
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Web On Strike Tomorrow!
Tomorrow is the official day of the global strike to help prevent Congress and the Senate from passing SOPA and PIPA, two bills intending to deal with privacy, but would instead, grant incredible power to corporations to not only sue, but completely remove sites from the web for what they decide is copyright infringement. For…
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Oh, How We Need The Dream
A year and a half ago, I wrote a post about “the dream speech” by Martin Luther King, Jr. In it, I wrote the following: …I will share how I, living in the country transformed by this moment, still respond to Dr. King’s words. When Dr. King says, toward the opening of the famous “I…
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(Dis)order and Witness
Since the Occupy protests began, I’ve been struggling with what is so objectionable to so many people about protest. Perhaps I am as pinko as my former rector, Matt+ says I am, but I’ve never found protest in itself to be ugly. Between my own limited experience and the research I’ve done, criticisms of protests of…
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Giving Thanks When the Holiday Doesn’t Deserve Them
I kind of hate Thanksgiving. I do love my family, the festivities, watching the Detroit Lions, the parade. I especially love the food. Oh, I love the food. For the longest time, my favorite food in the whole world was stuffing. It still comes close. No, the reason I hate Thanksgiving is the holiday’s origin.…
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For Newt Gingrich It’s the Labor in Child Labor
The headline should read: Presidential Candidate Eager for Gilded Age‘s Return Instead it reads: Newt Gingrich: Child Labor Laws Are ‘Stupid’ Gingrich’s position is, of course, more nuanced than it sounds. And you have to give him credit for this characteristic bit of brainstorming on his part. But, as is always the case with this…