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I’m thinkin’ ’bout burnin’ it down, boys

October 11, 2018 By Fred Clark

How did somebody like Brady Anderson hit 50 home runs in a single season? Besides steroids, it was also partly because of liberation theology. Also: A strong candidate for Worst American; Cyrus was Great at propaganda; and being “accused” of exactly what you’re doing. Read more

‘God’s point of view’

October 9, 2018 By Fred Clark

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It matters a great deal what we think of as “God’s point of view.” And it matters a great deal that we understand that “God’s point of view” is not the same as what we see in gorgeous aerial photographs. Read more

Six degrees

October 8, 2018 By Fred Clark

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I learn that the Templeton Foundation was a big promoter of Gamergate and it reminds me of the time I met Harry Thomas at Creation Festival and the time I drove John Howard Yoder to the airport. Read more

Postcards from the class & culture wars (10.8.18)

October 8, 2018 By Fred Clark

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“Ah, you who make iniquitous decrees, who write oppressive statutes, to turn aside the needy from justice and to rob the poor of my people of their right, that widows may be your spoil, and that you may make the orphans your prey!” Read more

Sunday favorites

October 7, 2018 By Fred Clark

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“Most blessed of women be Jael … She put her hand to the tent-peg, she shattered and pierced his temple.” Read more

Smart people saying smart things (10.5.18)

October 5, 2018 By Fred Clark

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Adam Serwer and Kristin Du Mez are, yet again, smart. Nathan J. Robinson and Elizabeth Bruenig should be read more than once. Oh, and the late Gregory Peck is still smart, too. Read more

LBCF, No. 204: ‘Love, Apocalypse Style’

October 5, 2018 By Fred Clark

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Roger Ebert noted that writing two characters who are meant for each other is the easy part of romantic comedy. The hard part is devising a way to keep them apart for an hour and a half without making them seem like idiots. Jenkins here gets both parts wrong. Read more

Brief interludes with hideous men

October 4, 2018 By Fred Clark

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Mark Taylor, Donald Trump, thousands of abusive priests, the bishops that defend them, Paige Patterson, Richard Land, Brett Kavanaugh … God have mercy, men are awful. Read more

The shape of Brett Kavanaugh’s lies

October 3, 2018 By Fred Clark

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The key thing here is not that Kavanaugh’s blanket denials were false. The key thing here is the shape that can be discerned beneath the blanket. We know that shape. We’ve seen it before. Read more

Same sad story, that’s a fact

October 2, 2018 By Fred Clark

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Hey did you hear about the white evangelical institution that took a positive step toward something less awful, more inclusive, and more just? Oh, wait … never mind. Read more