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Wednesday, August 24th, 2005Hat tip to Tony on this one. In order to save money and eliminate a “terrific danger” to our country, televangelist Dr. Pat Robertson said “covert operatives” should assassinate the president of Venezuela, even though assassinations are illegal and — some would argue — a violation of the 6th Commandment. He said this on his [...]
A total Gore?
Monday, August 1st, 2005I’m not a fan of Al Gore (although a picture of me standing behind him at MTV studios appeared in a Newsweek article during his 1992 run for vice president). But I am intrigued by what I’ve read of Current TV, his “24-hour youth cable network” that launched today. “The cable channel claims it will [...]
Emerging latina voices in strategic places
Friday, July 29th, 2005I met a congressional staffer today — not gonna say whom to protect her from church/state extremists — with an Esther anointing. She’s young, from the PJs, a graduate of college and grad school, and a PK who rebelled against a legalistic upbringing only to rediscover faith recently. She views her work as ministry and [...]
We still have a dream
Friday, July 22nd, 2005Noel Castellanos of Christian Community Development Association (CCDA) launched a blog forum to organize Christian leaders and lay people around immigration reform initiatives, like the DREAM ACT.
“Let’s get ready to rumble!”
Tuesday, July 19th, 2005Question: What is, “Let’s get ready to rumble!”? Answer: ___ (a) Trademarked catchphrase of famed boxing announcer Michael Buffer ___ (b) Cliche bravado at high school sporting events ___ (c) Echo reverberating throughout the hallways of the Senate Judiciary Committee tonight _X _ (d) All of the above, because: President Bush on Tuesday selected U.S. [...]
What’s French for, “Chickens coming home to roost”?
Tuesday, July 19th, 2005“[Jacques] Chirac and France are parting ways. “And how. ‘There is an absolute divorce between him and French society,’ says Dominique Moisi of the French Institute of International Relations. And not exactly an amicable one, either. ‘If the uncoupling today is so violent,’ L’Express declared in an unsparing analysis, ‘it is because never, since 1962 [...]
Newsflash: “George W. Bush is Not Lord”
Monday, July 18th, 2005So begins a recent editorial by Christianity Today. It continues: “The Declaration of Independence is not an infallible guide to Christian faith and practice. Nor is the U.S. Constitution, nor the U.N. Universal Declaration on Human Rights. “Original intent” of America’s founders is not the hermeneutical key that will guarantee national righteousness. The American flag [...]
Be-Witched
Friday, July 15th, 2005I visited Salem, Massachusetts — site of the infamous witch trials of 1692 — on Sunday for the first time. Walking the historic district for several hours, one thing became disturbingly clear. For all its talk about religious tolerance, seperation of church and state appears noticeably absent in the quaint coastal village. The entire town, [...]
Hispanics now one-seventh of U.S. population
Tuesday, July 5th, 2005Census Bureau estimates 41.3 million in fastest-growing ethnic bloc. … “Looking toward the future, we see a different face of the U.S. population,†said Audrey Singer, an immigration and census specialist at the Brookings Institution. “But I don’t think that’s necessarily new. It’s a confirmation that this hasn’t stopped or changed much.â€Â
Ten Opinions
Tuesday, June 28th, 2005“THE SUPREME Court’s decisions yesterday on displays of the Ten Commandments on public property were not a model of clarity or judicial consensus. To resolve two cases, one from Texas and the other from Kentucky, the justices delivered 10 different opinions — one, we suppose, for each commandment in the Decalogue. … “Context is obviously [...]
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