Trump Coming to Mobile
by Quin Hillyer As Donald Trump brings his humbug show to Mobile — please, don’t pay any attention to the man behind the curtain — the excellent John Sharp of […]
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Sunday Reflections: Solomonic Virtue
Today’s readings can be found in Track One, here. I’d like to focus on two short passages. First, from Kings, the request from Solomon to God: “Give your servant therefore […]
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Who Do I Like for President?
Everywhere I go, people immediately ask me who I’m supporting for president. I think it is far too early for most of us to be making a firm commitment, when […]
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Roundup: Down with Bush AND Trump
Today, we return, after a hiatus, with a roundup of other interesting articles. Again, I do not necessarily endorse the ideas therein. Enjoy! — Quin Discrimination and Hypocrisy at Yale […]
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The True Trump is a Gimpy Vamp
By Quin Hillyer Donald Trump’s manhood is obviously in bankruptcy. Fox News host Megyn Kelly is no shrinking violet, but really: If Trump can’t handle her perfectly legitimate, straightforward questions […]
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Sunday Reflections, Aug. 2: Simple Spirit, simple faith
This week’s readings are listed in Track One, here. Rather than focus on the entirety of any of the readings, or the thematic interplay between them, let’s just focus on […]
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Obama Muzzles Watchdogs
When the very watchdogs put in place to keep government accountable are severely muzzled by that same government, the slide towards despotism becomes an avalanche. With that basic principle in […]
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Felix Veritas: The GOP’s real opportunity – The Hopeful Poor
By Felix Veritas What does the Republican Party stand for these days? Between Mitch McConnell lying (according to Ted Cruz and other GOP senators) about an Export-Import bank deal, and […]
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Sunday Reflections, July 26: Loaves and Fishes
Most of the Gospel this week, John 6:1-21, recounts the famous story of the loaves and the fishes — and of Jesus feeding what other gospels describe as 5,000 followers. […]
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Roundup, July 21: Golf Clubs, Pitchforks and Nukes
A few weeks ago my friend Felix Veritas asked if the United States is a dying country, and he was pessimistic, but not defeatist. Now my friendly correspondent Steve McCann […]
