Christian pastor John Pavlovitz is correct in what he writes here: unity is a losing concept in U.S. politics at this point in time. And it’s not just that the MAGA crowd resents educated people; we’re not too fond of …
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What We’ve Become
At this sad point in time, it looks improbable that Donald Trump will be held accountable for having committed the most egregious crime in U.S. history. We’ve become a lawless nation.
Music that Changes Our World
Both diminutive in stature and frequently sick, Frédéric Chopin was in no physical position to help Poland in their uprising against the oppressive Russian rule in 1830-31. He could, however write music intended to inspire his comrades to go kick …
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How Trump Will Be Regarded by School Children of the Future
We’d like to believe that what Republican congressman Adam Kinzinger says here is correct. In truth, however, it’s all up to the American people. Trump won the 2024 election fair and square, and it’s unlikely his supporters will have any …
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Trend Towards World Fascism
The prevalent view of Donald Trump from people in the most of the rest of the developed world could be summed up as follows: “We just feel sorry for you Americans. We never thought it could happen to you.” As …
Words of Compassion from Paul Newman
When I was a little boy my grandfather told me, “Try to leave this world a better place than it was when you got here.” That sentiment is less common today than it was 60 years ago, but it certainly …
Trump on Ukraine
It’s amazing that people believe a word that comes out of this man’s mouth.
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Spinoza’s God
Spinoza was one of the so-called continental rationalists, along with Descartes, Leibniz and others less often read today. As suggested by Einstein at left, he had a distinctly nontraditional view of God, which got him in a great deal of …
A Very Hard Year
Chris Hedges is an American journalist, author, commentator and Presbyterian minister. The observation he makes here is shared by a great number of Americans, and by people all around the world who simply wish we could remove some of the insanity from our …
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Steve Bannon’s Back
One of Donald Trump‘s last acts in office was to pardon Steve Bannon for running off with the wall money, meaning Bannon’s scheme to rip off thousands of gullible MAGA folks by getting them to chip into a fund to …
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