Two red-state stories about the dismal state of church and state, both of which feature pious government officials "helping" the church by treating it as servant and subsidiary the state. Read more
Two red-state stories about the dismal state of church and state, both of which feature pious government officials "helping" the church by treating it as servant and subsidiary the state. Read more
No shopping. Just lots of leaves and the sorts of errands one has to run before going to one’s wife’s 25th high school reunion in the evening. Hope your Black Friday was more enjoyable. Have an open thread and some Mumford. (Left Behind will resume next Friday.) Read more
It's the Friday music game -- I'll show you mine, you show me yours. This week, songs of thanks, gratitude, pilgrims, feasts and family gatherings. Read more
Mark Twain: "No one ever seems to think of the Deity’s side of it; apparently no one concerns himself to inquire how much or how little He has had to be thankful for. ..." Read more
Happy Thanksgiving from WKRP; Art Simon on gratitude; Goblinbooks on the pilgrims -- "enemies of liiberty, opponents of everything America can be;" Squanto and Doctor Who; and why I'm grateful that Providence beat Plymouth and Williams beat Winthrop. 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: Ashur, Helah and Naarah. Read more
Republicans getting a jump on the 2014 congressional elections with new efforts to attract women voters, an Arizona-based outreach to Latino voters, an invitation to Muslim Americans in Florida, and new attention to minority voters in Maine. Read more
Mary Beard on dividing the plebs sordida from "the respectable elements among the common people;" Rachel Held Evans responds to Al Mohler; Dianna Anderson on The Christian Men’s Defense Network; and Mark Kelly on our national failure to debate gun laws. 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: "He who refrains from marriage will do better." Read more
Miguel De La Torre: "Brother Al, you confuse evangelicalism with white, male America. Continuing to fuse white/right political leaning with the message of Christ does a disservice to the gospel." Read more
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