How I personally benefitted from the FBI’s initially botched investigation of the terror attack at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta. Read more
December 15, 2019
That time a ‘pro-life’ terrorist bombed the Olympics
December 15, 2019 By Fred Clark
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December 11, 2019
North Dakota conservatives seek to deny refuge to those in need
December 11, 2019 By Fred Clark
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The Republican Party wants us to know that being anti-refugee is what “conservative” means. And even they know this makes them look horrible. Read more
December 8, 2019
‘Mrs. Whiling’s Faith Cure’
December 8, 2019 By Fred Clark
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On potato-based candy, 19th-century faith healers, and an obscure and disappointingly awful 1891 “novel” debunking their hooey. Read more
December 6, 2019
LBCF, No. 256: ‘Menacing flowers’
December 6, 2019 By Fred Clark
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If you have no idea what the Christ might want or what the Christ might be for or against, then your Antichrist likely won’t have much of a compelling agenda either. Read more
December 5, 2019
The folly of Trumpism
December 5, 2019 By Fred Clark
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“They are under a spell, they are blinded, their very nature is being misused and exploited. Having thus become a passive instrument, the fool will be capable of any evil and at the same time incapable of seeing that it is evil.” Read more
December 4, 2019
Postcards from the class & culture wars (12.4.19)
December 4, 2019 By Fred Clark
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“All this we affirm to be true of the popular church, and the popular worship of our land and nation — a religion, a church, and a worship which, on the authority of inspired wisdom, we pronounce to be an abomination in the sight of God.” Read more
December 3, 2019
A pickpocket snatches watches …
December 3, 2019 By Fred Clark
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Lindsey Graham’s reversals and flip-flops in service of Trump lead some to joke he’s being blackmailed. But history shows it would take a LOT to blackmail a South Carolina senator. Read more
December 2, 2019
Smart people saying smart things (12.2.19)
December 2, 2019 By Fred Clark
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We’d be smart to listen to what Angie Maxwell, Marc Maron, Chris Hayes, David Blight, and Hannah Arendt are saying here. Read more
November 30, 2019
The switcheroo
November 30, 2019 By Fred Clark
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The Big Box is having a really good sale on backyard grills. But this is not really a retail story as much as it is an American politics and religion story. Read more
November 30, 2019
All right then, go the whole hog
November 30, 2019 By Fred Clark
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Today is Mark Twain’s birthday. We celebrate this occasion on this blog by reciting a favorite passage from Huckleberry Finn. Young Huck here is wrestling with what church and state and family and community have all taught him is his moral obligation. The Bible, he believes, teaches that it is his moral duty to return his friend Jim into slavery. This is also what the law requires — local, state, and federal. It is his duty as an American citizen loyal… Read more
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