If you missed Day 4 of the committee hearings on the Jan 6 coup attempt by Donald Trump, you can watch it here. The abuse that Trump and his supporters heaped on the few Republican officials — all of whom had supported Trump’s bid for re-election — who refused to destroy America for him, was outrageous and dangerous. For a president to use his powers in this way is a contradiction of everything our country stands for. It is something... Read more
Here is yesterday’s hearing of the Jan 6 Committee. The hearings had a long patch in which a witness explained the legal reasons for why what Trump and his crew did was treasonous. It gets off into the legal weeds a bit. The easy way to summarize it is to say that America is not Russia or a tin-pot third world dictatorship. America is a Republic, and Americans are a free people because it is a Republic. Our leaders do... Read more
Before Abraham was, I Am. Jesus I’ve heard a lot of sermons on the Trinity. In fact, I hear a sermon on the Trinity once a year. But I’ve only heard one good sermon. It was well over 20 years ago in a small Episcopalian Church our family attended for a number of years. The priest in question was one of the kindest and best pastors I’ve ever had. Here is a summary of what he taught us on the Trinity.... Read more
Representative Liz Cheney released a video discussing the 1/6 hearings earlier this week, and previewing the hearing on Thursday. Here’s what she said about the attack on our democracy. Read more
A new poll shows that 49% of Americans think that we are going to lose our democracy. I think that if the Republicans take over the Congress next November, that may very well turn out to be true. A Republican win in November will put the exact same people who authored resolutions and voted to overturn the 2020 election in control of the United States Congress. Think about that for a moment. A vote for Republicans in November is a... Read more
Clergy sex abuse is a big topic, spanning generations of baby-raping clergy and their innocent child victims. I’m going to write about it in small doses because there’s too much to say to try to put it in one blog post. I want to begin with a small discussion of one of the most common arguments that the bishops and their priests have tried to use as an excuse for the Church’s corrupt, amoral and predatory behavior. “We aren’t... Read more
[S31] Any person who shall attempt to teach any free person of color, or slave, to spell, read or write, shall upon conviction thereof by indictment, be fined in a sum of not less than two hundred fifty dollars, nor more than five hundred dollars. Alabama Slave Code of 1833 Texas Governor Greg Abbott wants to ban the children of undocumented immigrants from public schools. It’s not difficult to figure out why. All you have to do is think... Read more
The Hearing Begins at 19 Minute You can watch Day 2 of the public hearings on the Jan 6 coup attempt by Donald Trump here. Just click on the video below. The hearing begins at 19 minutes. This coup attempt was an orchestrated attack on America by much of the White House staff, various Republican attorneys and almost all of the elected Republicans in Congress. Trump and his allies attempted to overturn the election he lost and have himself installed... Read more
OU Women’s Softball brought home another national championship last night. This was big news around our house. So far as my granddaughter was concerned, it put Congressional hearings about a coup attempt against American democracy all in the dirt. She whooped, jumped, danced and cheered. Her grandmother watched with a full heart. Decades ago, I signed onto a lawsuit opening up funding for women’s sports at Oklahoma Universities. I’m not and never have been an athlete. But it didn’t take... Read more
A few weeks ago, Pope Francis elevated Bishop McElroy of San Diego to Cardinal, and all billy ned broke out in right wing Catholic commentary. I’m so Okie-centric that I didn’t have a clue what the ruckus was about. Also, I wasn’t all that worried about it. My attention was more or less focused on my family and current events in the larger world. The Church has become an on-going pie-throwing fight. Catholics are always and forever attacking other Catholics... Read more
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