politics
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A Christian Nation…?
According to a poll conducted by the University of Maryland in May 2024, “Fully 61 percent of Republicans supported declaring the United States a Christian nation.” (http://tiny.cc/q548). These same Republicans roared their approval when Donald…
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We don’t know much—but this we do know
We still have little information about yesterday’s assassination attempt. Nevertheless, a flood of ill-informed, fearful and angry speculation about the shooter and his motives is pouring onto social media. Please do not recirculate this speculation.…
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Avoiding the guillotine
I’ve written a short piece for the Minnesota Reformer about the defeat of the Rassemblement National in the second round of the French elections. Read more here: https://minnesotareformer.com/2024/07/10/heres-what-the-french-anti-fascist-election-coalition-can-teach-us-here/
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Truth Social: Lifeline, Jackpot, Windfall, Bonanza — or Bust?
Headline writers for every paper in America have been proclaiming that Donald Trump is about to reap a staggering windfall from the merger of his social hellscape, Truth Social, with a “Special Purpose Acquisition Company”…
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Unselfish Public Service?
As we get learn more about the indictment of Senator Robert Menendez, it’s worth remembering that virtue has long been one of the cardinal values of functioning democratic states. Almost three hundred years ago, the…
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Farm Aid 2023: Reason for Hope
Last week I travelled to Noblesville, Indiana. Never heard of it? I hadn’t, either, but it was the site of this year’s Farm Aid, an annual music, food, and farm festival. As its website says,…