Big winners on Tuesday included: The Obama coalition; the sick and uninsured; the 47 percent; women; marriage equality; the franchise; immigration reform; Nate Silver; Catholic laity; consumers and climate science. Read more
Big winners on Tuesday included: The Obama coalition; the sick and uninsured; the 47 percent; women; marriage equality; the franchise; immigration reform; Nate Silver; Catholic laity; consumers and climate science. Read more
"What makes America exceptional are the bonds that hold together the most diverse nation on Earth, the belief that our destiny is shared -- that this country only works when we accept certain obligations to one another and to future generations, so that the freedom which so many Americans have fought for and died for come with responsibilities as well as rights, and among those are love and charity and duty and patriotism. That’s what makes America great." Read more
Voters re-elect President Barack Obama. Marriage equality sweeps in Maine, Maryland, Minnesota and Washington. And we seem to have more women in the U.S. Senate than ever before. Wow. Read more
Here's a place to fret, vent, celebrate, console, rant, deny and discuss the day's results. (Plus a clearing-out of some election-related links.) Read more
And here, I think, we're back in the ugly arena of compulsory forgiveness. We're back in the realm of saying, "You really need to forgive your brother in Christ for standing on your neck" as though the Christian under the boot, and not the one wearing it, was the problem. Read more
"You and I are blessed to live in a country where we are born equal no matter what we look like on the outside, where we grow up, or who our parents are. A good rule is to treat others the way you hope they will treat you." Read more
"We support biblical families," Chick-fil-A president Dan Cathy says of his fast-food corporation. So let's take a look at some of those biblical families. Today's entry: Every family in Egypt. Read more
"There is no better way to make government ineffective than to appoint people who want to undermine it." Read more
I spent most of Sunday knocking on doors in Pennsylvania's 6th Congressional District, getting out the vote for President Barack Obama and Dr. Manan Trivedi, the congressional candidate who's so smart he hired my daughter. Read more
"President Obama is driven by a core belief that government can play a role in improving people’s lives and protecting human dignity. I have experienced the force of those values firsthand." Read more
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