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July 2018

July 20, 2018
And so in the quiet melody and the hint of bittersweet, in the questioning of...
July 17, 2018
Let’s not forget that the reason we decided to resist Trump in the first place...
July 12, 2018
One serious problem is that religious men feel divinely entitled to have a privileged position...
July 12, 2018
This is why the movement has lost: it no longer has a moral platform to...
July 09, 2018
Two years ago, as the November presidential elections loomed large, conservatives and pro-lifers were breathlessly...
July 04, 2018
It feels like surrealism to be celebrating freedom in America, particularly.  If I have any...
July 04, 2018
it’s clear that women writers have an uphill battle still, when it comes to being...

June 2018

June 29, 2018
You thought you didn't like political correctness, but you hate it when you have to...
June 24, 2018
For those who find it a challenge to see "us" in "them," I would suggest...
June 22, 2018
There's very little sacrifice asked of us to welcome the stranger. We live in a...
June 22, 2018
Whatever you are, this is one of those times in history in which refusing to...
June 15, 2018
It doesn’t matter if they are coming here illegally or not. Legality is not morality....
June 12, 2018
We love racial justice stories when we get to swoop in and save everyone, but...
June 11, 2018
How many professors at the kind of schools that emphasize the canon are willing to...
June 07, 2018
We’d spent the day in places haunted by ghosts, ghosts who comfort us, with their...
June 06, 2018
It’s a poor argument that contraception is bad because it will lead to the objectification...
June 04, 2018
We should regard them as theological equivalents of flat-earthers.

May 2018

May 30, 2018
Defining women via receptivity means bracketing out whole categories of deeply personal, bodily, spiritual, and...
May 22, 2018
The price of justice for the oppressed is set so low, it is valued less...
May 17, 2018
There’s a long tradition of Catholics being accused of cannibalism, eating our own God, and...
May 14, 2018
If there was any scandal in the Met Gala, it is that when the world...
May 08, 2018
44 million Americans are uninsured right now. My children and I are among these. Being...
May 04, 2018
We have seen clearly what happens when communities and religious organizations cover-up sexual assault.
May 01, 2018
  My friend Cassidy Hall is one of those wonderful humans who still write letters,...

April 2018

April 30, 2018
We can’t ignore the injustice that’s built into our mass produced food system.
April 22, 2018
If objecting to racism, sexism, and theological dissent is seen as an “attack” on conservative...
April 20, 2018
The failure to understand the nature of suffering means that one fails in spiritual discernment...
April 18, 2018
There is a world of difference between BEING a victim and PLAYING a victim.
April 17, 2018
Listen to what Black people have to say about their experiences of racism
April 13, 2018
 It’s only in the area of sexuality – this private, intimate, vulnerable region – that...
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