Much is being made of the term “Communism” these days. I am old enough to have lived through theso called “Red Scare” in the 50s and 60s. In fact the reason my father moved us to Wisconsin was toget away from its nonsense in Illinois. As an immigrant with a foreign accent he was frequentlytargeted as some kind of threat. …
Continue readingBecause of his near encounter with assassination, should Donald Trump be exempt from scrutiny about his words and deeds? Let’s say not. If anyone had the notion that Trump had been chastened due to that experience, he quickly dismissed it with his proclamation that “I’m not going to be nice.” That’s a rare truth from him – quite opposite of …
Continue reading“How did Christianity become so mean? How did we get from Jesus’s message of love to relentless condemnations against gays, transgender persons, women preachers, immigrants, scientists, educators, journalists, and public school librarians? When I look at American Christianity in 2024, I feel like I’m watching the 2004 film ‘Mean Girls’”. That quotation was in retired United Methodist Church pastor John …
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