Because 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 …
Continue reading“You got to pay your bills,” Donald Trump has frequently advised when reviewing NATO Alliance contributions by European countries. That’s a point on which “the most honest person who has ever lived” ought to take his own advice. In recent years, numerous media outlets and public interest groups (Center for Public Integrity, Business Insider, Politico, Newsweek, CTV News, Daily Beast, …
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