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Category Archives: Uncategorized
Victory Lapse
I am hoping that title will arouse your curiosity. I know it will only make my kids roll their eyes. “Oh no.” they will say, internally, and then to each other, “Dad’s at it again.” For everyone else, let me … Continue reading
Racism, Non-Racism, and Anti-Racism
Do you remember “the non-aligned nations.” [1] We used to hear about them all the time. We don’t hear that designation anymore although we still hear about the nations. Why is that? You wouldn’t know it from reading the newspapers … Continue reading
Posted in Political Psychology, Uncategorized
Tagged anti-racism, pernicious polarization, pro-life, racism
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Chico and the Man
A lot of attention is being paid these days to racial and ethnic slurs. I’d be happier about that if I thought it was helping the situation, rather than just being a justification for complaining about it. But in … Continue reading
Parables: The Power of What Is Not There
If the irony weren’t too heavy, I would say that I love reading the work of scholars because it gives me a chance to ask really simpleminded questions. I think of “scholarship” as digging ever more deeply into the technical … Continue reading
Posted in Biblical Studies, Uncategorized
Tagged expectations defied, parables, The Prodigal Son, The West Wing
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Turn the Other Cheek
The controversies over this text abound, very likely because following out the literal meaning is quite often inconvenient. But there are worse things than inconvenience to say about the literal compliance with such a text. We might say, for instance, … Continue reading
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Racial defensiveness
The topic for today is “racial defensiveness.” I’m against it. The Russian spy (Mark Rylance) who was captured and tried in the movie “A Bridge of Spies” had a recurring line that made me like him immediately. In the first … Continue reading
A Klan of “Karens”
You may have heard about the fuss kicked up by Amber Lynn Gilles at the Starbucks in San Diego. The short version is that she didn’t wear a mask, as store rules required her to do, and was not served. … Continue reading
Posted in Living My Life, Sustainability, Uncategorized, Words
Tagged calling them out, entitlement, harassment, Starbucks, wear your mask
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The First Ten Years, Part II
The first pass I made over my first ten years of blogging considered the foundational questions. Why blogging? Why the “dilettante” theme? Today I want to review what the political arc of the first decade has been. You wouldn’t think I … Continue reading
Posted in Politics, Uncategorized
Tagged amending the soil, backlash, Obama, Tea Party, Trump
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Rhetorical mastery
We have gotten accustomed to the kind of rhetoric we hear from Henry V before the battle of Agincourt. It is gorgeous! It is so stimulating that it is hard to pay attention to just how it works, but I … Continue reading