"Take away from me the noise of your songs; I will not listen to the melody of your harps. But let justice roll down like waters, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream." Read more
"Take away from me the noise of your songs; I will not listen to the melody of your harps. But let justice roll down like waters, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream." Read more
Bruce fails as Mr. Exposition. He can't help Buck prepare for an encounter with the Big Bad and he can't help the reader understand how this story is supposed to work. He doesn't know what the rules are because the authors don't know either. Read more
"The meetings are part of a long-term agenda." That's the truest statement from CBN's report on a meeting of "Christian leaders" with the Saudi crown prince. The problem for these "leaders" is that the long-term agenda this meeting serves is not their agenda, nor even one they seem to understand. Read more
Happy Halloween. Here are several loosely linked items that all seemed to involve scared white evangelicals and/or scary white evangelicals. The consequence of their fear are truly frightening. Read more
Choosing Tom Sawyer over Huck Finn is a bad idea. Plus: Communities liberated from landlords; the absurdity of reactionary centrism; and remembering a hero lost in the Pittsburgh massacre. Read more
Smart things that smart people would be smart to read, from: George Washington, Jackie Robinson, Julia Ioffe, Jill Lepore, and James Baldwin. Read more
"The commandments -- You shall not commit adultery; You shall not murder; You shall not steal; You shall not covet; and any other commandment -- are summed up in this word, 'Love your neighbor as yourself.' Love does no wrong to a neighbor; therefore, love is the fulfilling of the law." Read more
"You can't change a subculture without making it aware that it IS a subculture." Admittedly, prank-calling local "Christian bookstores" wasn't the best way to go about that. But it was funny. Read more
"The gunman represented the monsters who will always be with us. Anyone who emboldened, angered, or egged him on represents the worst in social leadership. HIAS has represented the best." Read more
When you "judge" others, you should also judge yourself by the same standards. You might as well -- because the standard you use to judge others is the same standard everybody else is therefore going to apply to you. Read more
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