"What do mortals get from all the toil and strain with which they toil under the sun? For all their days are full of pain, and their work is a vexation; even at night their minds do not rest. This also is vanity." Read more
"What do mortals get from all the toil and strain with which they toil under the sun? For all their days are full of pain, and their work is a vexation; even at night their minds do not rest. This also is vanity." Read more
Sen. Tom Coburn is not allowed to lecture anyone about "illegal" immigration. And Sooners are, by definition, pompous hypocrites whenever they decide to bloviate about "the rule of law." It's simply ridiculous and merits only ridicule in response. Sen. Coburn is either woefully ignorant about "where he comes from" or else his talk of "the rule of law" is something he believes only applies to other people. Either way, he is a silly, silly man, even by congressional standards. Read more
Some links for Buy Nothing Day, including: another bit of false prophecy from Tim LaHaye; an anti-Semitic muppet highlights problems in the Orthodox Church; saving Christmas from Kirk Cameron; and more. Read more
It's been a brain-frying, blog-neglecting couple of days here what with the snow, the "Black Friday" prep at the retail job, and all the trimmings, but we shouldn't let Thanksgiving pass by without pausing to enjoy some holiday traditions. Read more
Responses and reflections from Syreeta McFadden, Leonard Pitts, Ezra Klein, Chauncey DeVega, Zandar, Jamelle Bouie and more, plus links to all the grand jury evidence released so far. Read more
In a sane universe, or a moral one, it would not be not reasonable to claim that the mere presence of an unarmed dark-skinned person was a basis to fear for one's life. In a sane world, such fear would be regarded, rather, as the very definition of racial prejudice. In a reasonable world, the claim that a lethal response was necessary due to the presence of an unarmed black man would be rightly understood as a confirmation of racial prejudice -- as a confession of it. Read more
Take one last look at this Sacred Heart before it blows. Read more
The point here is not simply that what Giuliani is arguing is racist, but that he has accepted a framework that doesn't allow for any thought or response that could ever be anything other than racist. The framework of The Black Problem allows for different degrees of white supremacy and slightly different gradations of racism, but the construct redefines the subject in such a way that any non-racist response is prohibited. Any such response is, for people like Giuliani, unimaginable. Read more
Hal Lindsey turns 85 years old today. He told us that would never happen, but it just did. Lindsey's admirers will likely celebrate his 85th birthday today without pausing to realize that this celebration disproves everything Lindsey himself ever taught them. Read more
"Do not rob the poor because they are poor, or crush the afflicted at the gate; for the Lord pleads their cause and despoils of life those who despoil them." Read more
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