Every so often, I feel the need to go back to the basic tenet — and the only tenet which holds up — of pro life opposition to abortion. It’s really quite simple. Abortion is wrong because abortion kills a living child. That’s it folks. Abortion is not a “right.” Abortion is killing. Any time we have laws that allow us to pick a group of people and say that it is permissible to kill them at will, the entire... Read more
Due to COVID-19 and security concerns resulting from the Trump insurrection, the March for Life 2021 will be a virtual event. To watch, follow the links in the website I link to below. From March for Life. STATEMENT ON 2021 MARCH FOR LIFE The protection of all of those who participate in the annual March, as well as the many law enforcement personnel and others who work tirelessly each year to ensure a safe and peaceful event, is a top... Read more
My Bible reading this morning included Psalm 15. I was so struck by it that I decided to share it with you. Here it is: Who may worship in your sanctuary, Lord? Who may enter your presence on your holy hill? Those who lead blameless lives and do what is right, speaking the truth from sincere hearts. Those who refuse to gossip or harm their neighbors or speak evil of their friends.... Read more
I don’t do work on Sundays because not working on Sunday is one of the Commandments. I’ve made exceptions these past weeks because I felt Trump’s egregious behavior has required it. If someone repeatedly sets fire to your house, you have to stop praying and bail water. If a monstrous evil president repeatedly tries to destroy American democracy, you may have to break the Sabbath to oppose him. Things are a bit different today. It’s only 0830 and so far... Read more
Okies, our all-Republican Congressional delegation, is a bunch of lying seditious scum. They are also evidently half-wit bullies and thugs in their personal behavior toward their colleagues and basic safety rules in the United States Capitol. The only member of Oklahoma’s all-Republican Congressional delegation who did NOT attempt to overturn the November election and install Donald Trump as a dictator was that ancient mariner of the Senate, James Inhofe. Senator Inhofe announced on January 5 that he would not support... Read more
Republican Senator James Lankford of Oklahoma has apologized to his black constituents for his attempt to overturn the November presidential election and install Donald Trump as a de facto dictator. Senator Lankford has said that he “didn’t realize” the racism inherent in the actions he and his fellow seditionist senators took by objecting to the electoral votes that pinpoint the states whose elections were decided by a massive turnout of black voters. Presumably, the senator is unaware of the decades-long,... Read more
What do you do if someone you love is trapped in the MAGA cult? What if your husband, father, mother, daughter, sister, best friend really believes every lie that comes out of Donald’s constantly lying mouth? What if they go to web sites run by people making book on his crazy lies by purveying fantastical conspiracy theories and whipping folks into frenzies of rage and terrified obsession? What if they sign on to paid websites to get the super secret... Read more
Nobody asks if tyranny and dictatorship can survive as a form of government. Despotic government, formed of human weakness and held in place by corruption and fear, comes straight from the depraved heart of our darkest impulses. It is a hydra-headed monster that never ceases to exist and never stops asserting itself, even in the midst of democracies. On the other hand, democracy is seen as a fragile flower of sorts. Everyone accepts that freedom must be guarded, defended and... Read more
Happy birthday Papa! Stay well. We need you. Read more
Trump has signaled that he intends to carry his fight to overturn the election to Congress. He evidently wants to take a shot at overturning the electoral vote that occurred Monday by challenging that vote when Congress certifies it on January 6. My family members and I had talked about this. We expected Trump to carry his crazy as far as he could. Sure enough, as soon as the Electoral College elected Joe Biden the 46th President of the United... Read more
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