https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/17/technology/qanon-meme-queen.html
Things said by the person profiled in this article:
“The world opened up in Technicolor for me,” she said.
“It was like the Matrix — everything just started to download.”
“The… Continue reading…
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2020/11/andy-stanley-evangelicals-trump/617103/
The reckoning is long overdue. But you know, it won’t really happen. As Trump’s star fades, and it will, these people will find their ways of rewriting history, claiming victim status, saying that… Continue reading…
A thousand attempts have been made to try to explain our political moment, from the left (or even from the center). Many of these end up in frustration – “well, they’re just crazy on the… Continue reading…
Well, I have many thoughts about this article, most of which I won’t record here. Just a couple.
First, there’s an uptick in Western history, dating back at least a couple of thousand years,… Continue reading…
There’s been a series in the New York Times about slavery and its legacy that featured an article about how the plantation grounds the forms of capitalism we find today in the US. Phillip… Continue reading…
From this obituary of Rachel Held Evans: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/04/us/rachel-held-evans.html?action=click&module=News&pgtype=Homepage
This is going to feel like a Sunday morning homily. Haven’t done one of those for a long time. So be it.
This person, Rachel… Continue reading…
I’m generally not a huge fan of Ross Douthat, but I don’t dismiss him on principle the way I do some other columnists. When he talks about the humanities, though, he makes me want to… Continue reading…
My university is getting a new president, after 26 years of the previous one being in that position. The new president was our provost (there was a national search, but it’s pretty clear that he… Continue reading…
From Dec. 17, 2017
The attached article (click on the above picture) is interesting, and gets at something I’ve been thinking for quite awhile, at least in part, which is that there is a… Continue reading…
From July 14, 2017
https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/national/eclipse/?tid=ss_fb&utm_term=.b82fb4f12a48
This is a great WaPo site that looks at solar eclipses, past and present.
The 1979 eclipse went right over where I was in Saskatchewan. I was in an evangelical… Continue reading…
From Feb. 3, 2017
Yeah, I think that ship has sailed. You know, the one where the church has lost its prophetic voice, and is corrupt, lazy and unpersuasive. I know, not all churches…. Continue reading…
From Jan. 21, 2017
I want to know the numbers of marchers not just in DC but in all the marches across the country, total. I’m sure some news source will add this up at… Continue reading…
From Dec. 10, 2016
https://www.teenvogue.com/story/donald-trump-is-gaslighting-america
Teen Vogue, now part of the liberal elite mainstream media. Teen Vogue. Thing is, they’re right. This is gaslighting, this is an attempt to establish a new normal in… Continue reading…