So the NFL lockout has ended in some kind of deal that I would summarize here except that the details of professional sports contract negotiations make my eyes glaze over and, since I’m no longer getting paid to edit NFL labor stories for a daily paper, I’ve reverted back to ignoring all those details. My frustration with this long saga isn’t just with the tediousness of the dispute, it’s based more on the perpetual missed opportunity that professional athletes’ unions... Read more
“South Carolina GOP County Co-Chair ‘Likes’ Cop-Killing on Facebook,” reports Wonkette’s Kirsten Boyd Johnson. The article, titled “When Should You Shoot a Cop” appeared on the Facebook page of the Kershaw County Patriots, a tea party group, and it’s filled with what Johnson accurately calls “maniacal anti-government paranoia” such as: “If politicians think that they have the right to impose any ‘law’ they want, and cops have the attitude that, as long as it’s called ‘law,’ they will enforce it, what is... Read more
We must first of all recall a principle … the principle of the priority of labour over capital. This principle directly concerns the process of production: in this process labour is always a primary efficient cause, while capital, the whole collection of means of production, remains a mere instrument or instrumental cause. … This gigantic and powerful instrument — the whole collection of means of production that in a sense are considered synonymous with “capital” — is the result of... Read more
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Isaiah 58:6-12 Is not this the fast that I choose: to loose the bonds of injustice, to undo the thongs of the yoke, to let the oppressed go free, and to break every yoke? Is it not to share your bread with the hungry, and bring the homeless poor into your house; when you see the naked, to cover them, and not to hide yourself from your own kin? Then your light shall break forth like the dawn, and your... Read more
BBC: “Norway mourns island youth camp and Oslo attacks” At least 85 people died when a gunman opened fire at the Utoeya camp on Friday, hours after a blast in the government quarter killed seven. Another four are missing on the island. A 32-year-old Norwegian man was charged over both attacks, but police say it is possible another person was involved. … The suspect is reported by local media to have had links with right-wing extremists. He has been named... Read more
“What’s an American Muslim to say to Herman Cain?” Dilshad D. Ali asks, struggling with how best to respond to the nasty anti-Muslim rants of the Republican presidential candidate. What makes this debate even trickier is that even though many American Muslims feel compelled to provide a sane, intelligent response when faced with anti-Islamic rhetoric, Cain and others like him are not interested in conversing with Muslims at all. They aren’t talking to us. They’re just talking about us, and... Read more
As scandal rocks Rupert Murdoch’s media empire, the Murdoch-owned Zondervan Publishing House was forced to issue a statement. Zondervan, the world’s largest Bible publisher, has not been implicated in any way in the unfolding sordid tales of telephone hacking, payments to law enforcement, and a too-cozy relationship with elected officials, but the company still wanted to reassure the public that while sales of its New International Version of the Bible may enrich Murdoch, he doesn’t interfere with the publisher’s routine... Read more
One point, 10 reiterations, 10 links to longer, more thorough expressions of and arguments for that same one point: Responsibility is differentiated, mutual and complementary; responsibility is not exclusive, binary and competitive. Responsibility is differentiated, mutual and complementary; responsibility is not exclusive, binary and competitive. Responsibility is differentiated, mutual and complementary; responsibility is not exclusive, binary and competitive. Responsibility is differentiated, mutual and complementary; responsibility is not exclusive, binary and competitive. Responsibility is differentiated, mutual and complementary; responsibility is not... Read more
Wherever I am welcome is where I’ll be … “Saturday,” Marc Broussard “Saturday Afternoon,” Green “Saturday as Usual,” Bright Eyes “Saturday Night’s Alright for Fighting,” Elton John “Saturday Sun,” Crowded House “Savage,” Eurythmics “Save Me,” Aimee Mann “Save Me,” Marc Broussard “Save Me,” Queen “Saved,” The Mighty Clouds of Joy “Saving Grace,” Aaron Neville “Saving Grace,” Crash Kings The Mighty Clouds of Joy and Aaron Neville tracks are both Dylan covers from the tribute album Gotta Serve Somebody: The Gospel... Read more
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