2016-11-15T17:41:36-05:00

Disqus Tech Support: "I suppose if there were a total narcissist and misanthrope who was nonetheless desperate for human connection -- someone who'd been deprived of love and meaningful relationships since childhood, some stalker-ish obsessive immune to the basic social skills we've all learned since birth, someone utterly incapable of even the simplest of social interactions -- it's possible that some such tiny minority of warped individuals would exploit the simple work-arounds in our technically inadequate ban feature. ..." Read more

2016-11-14T13:53:31-05:00

The point of revisiting this well-known thought experiment here is not to argue, debate or persuade. It's not about taking sides but about watching ourselves respond so that we can try to get a better handle on what it is that does or does not trouble our conscience, a better sense of the alignment between head and heart. A gut-check. Read more

2016-11-11T16:03:28-05:00

"Shake off the dust from your feet as you leave." Read more

2016-11-12T21:47:47-05:00

"When someone presents you with an absolute, non-negotiable moral trump card, they are not appealing to your moral sense. They are trying to blind it. They are trying to fool and manipulate you. And evangelicals have let themselves be fooled and manipulated for over 40 years." Read more

2016-11-11T17:08:30-05:00

When I saw people tweeting the lyrics of "Everybody Knows," I thought it was because they were so apt and incisive in this moment of history. Took me a while to realize it was because Leonard Cohen had died. Also: Adam Serwer on the media and Trump's lies; John Scalzi on package deals; Masha Gessen on the man who ran for autocrat, and won; and words I needed from W.H. Auden. Read more

2016-11-11T07:33:58-05:00

Jimmy Bats is because Jimmy's a meth-head so he never sleeps. He's up all night. Like a bat. It's not 'cause of that thing he does with his eyes and it's not because of what he did to that guy behind Cramer's. He did that with a pool cue. Read more

2016-11-10T19:45:04-05:00

And so, after the uncertain trumpet of election day, it is more important than ever to deny them that "we" -- that vast and inclusive plural -- everywhere else. All the time. In person. At work. At the store. Online. Everywhere. Deny them the illusion of unanimity. Deny them your consent. Do not allow them to mistake silence for agreement. Read more

2016-11-10T09:32:59-05:00

Now that the "Trump" tag turns out to be something I'll be using to index posts for years to come, here's a brief look back at some of the older posts here bearing that tag -- a handful of mentions of pre-candidate Donald Trump. Read more

2016-11-09T20:11:47-05:00

White evangelicalism yesterday performed the purpose for which it was designed: It elected a white nationalist as president. This was not the end of white evangelicalism, but the culmination of its purpose, its origin, its intent. White evangelicalism IS white nationalism. This is what it is, and always has been, for. Read more

2016-11-09T10:00:16-05:00

"Wake up, and strengthen what remains and is on the point of death, for I have not found your works perfect in the sight of my God. Remember then what you received and heard; obey it, and repent." Read more

Follow Us!


TAKE THE
Religious Wisdom Quiz

True or False: Matthew records that magi from the east brought three gifts to Jesus.

Select your answer to see how you score.


Browse Our Archives