After Donald Trump ended his prepared remarks to a roomful of modern Pharisees, he spoke off the cuff and threatened the fear mongers with a fearful future if Democrats take control of Congress in November: “They will end everything immediately,” Mr. Trump said. “When you look at antifa,” he added, a term that describes militant leftist groups, “and you look at some of these groups, these are violent people.” Trump demonstrated he sees the conservative Evangelical leaders as little more... Read more
For nearly 40 years, Evangelicals preached dire sermons against a godless, sin-soaked culture focused on wealth, immorality, celebrity, sexual promiscuity and worldly power. On Aug. 27, they celebrated it. The White House guest list was a who’s who of Conservative Christians: Paula White, Franklin Graham, Jerry Falwell Jr., Robert Jeffress, Ralph Reed, Tony Perkins, Lester Warner, Eric Metaxas, James Dobson and others. It’s easy to see how former Evangelicals become disenchanted with the church of their childhood. Trump is literally... Read more
On behalf of the people of the Unites States of America, tax dollars are paying government employees to commit atrocities against children. How do you feel about that? A Trump policy intentionally implemented to be as painful as possible to the victims, separated 2,551 children from their parents at the U.S. border. The parents of 410 children were deported without their children– more than the number of airline passengers killed on 9-11. An additional 162 children remain separated from their... Read more
Dozens of little girls in pink tights brought to mind the paintings of Edgar Degas. The five weeks of summer class were level II ballet in one of the finest programs in the state. I knew in the first few minutes of the first class that this would be an excellent opportunity for my four year-old. I took ballet in college and wasn’t happy with the dance class my daughter took elsewhere last summer. I was struck by the uniformity... Read more
“We want people in our country based on merit. Not based on a draw, where other countries put their absolute worst in a bin and they start drawing people. Do you think they’re going to put their good ones? They don’t put their good ones. They put their bad ones.” – Donald Trump Donald Trump’s quote demonstrates an astonishing lack of self-awareness and an abundance of self loathing. He is the son of an immigrant and four of his children... Read more
“Love is at the root of everything,” Mr. Rogers says at the beginning of the documentary, Won’t You Be My Neighbor, “all learning, all relationships— love, or the lack of it. And what we see and hear on the screen is part of who we become.” The film is an hour and a half celebration of the life of the man who influenced millions of people, and who answered his fan mail with handwritten letters. An accomplished musician, Mr. Rogers... Read more
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