Pete Abel at The Moderate Voice is the latest to ponder if the collapse of the Republican Party might lead to a post-partisan America. He writes: It could happen again, and if I were still inclined to contribute to the GOP’s future, I’d rely on that history to energize my flagging spirit. But as it [...]
I have a longer response to Rabbi Michael Lerner’s Op-Ed. The meat of the matter: We have to understand that America, as a whole, remains more conservative than Progressive. Yes, Barack Obama was elected President, in large part, because he promised to fix our healthcare system and right the economic injustices of our current economy. [...]
Your result for The Perception Personality Image Test… NBPC – The Daydreamer Nature, Background, Big Picture, and Color You perceive the world with particular attention to nature. You focus on the hidden treasures of life (the background) and how that fits into the larger picture. You are also particularly drawn towards the colors around you. [...]
Keith Olberman says Prop 8 was a question of love. I’m not excusing a vote for Prop 8, but a few of Olberman’s questions show that he doesn’t understand the theology of the people to which he speaks. “Do unto others” is perfectly in keeping with denying someone legal protection if you believe that God [...]
Bruce Ledewitz has an excellent post-morten on Prop 8. I’ll give you the meaty part: Much blame goes to the California Supreme Court. That court struck down a state ban on same-sex marriage in a 4-3 decision in May, spurring the Proposition 8 campaign. Why don’t State Supreme Courts notice that federal courts, already burned [...]
My heart is with Candace Chellew-Hodge, but I think she’s missing the point. Voters in California have twice – not one, but twice – approved a ban on same sex marriage. It smacks of poor sportsmanship, no matter how high the stakes, to hold protests and threaten legal action from losing an election. Especially when [...]
I get Religious Dispatches by email, and I felt like I had to share my response to this op-ed: I have to say, this is one of the more offensive things I’ve seen so far. First of all, “Imagine” is one of the most anti-religious songs ever to hit the airwaves. The first thing to [...]
I generally like Maureen Dowd, and, while today’s column is better than Kathleen Parker’s on the importance of Obama’s Presidency, it has a severe flaw. Take a second, read it over, and let me know what you see. If we count off the black people that Dowd introduces us to, we get a waitress, a [...]
The Star-Ledger is still busy hawking Jon Corzine for Treasury Secretary: When it became clear right after the election that Corzine was a possible pick, he found himself fielding a rash of calls from New Jersey Democrats, some telling him he should take the job if offered, others advising him to reject it. Party leaders [...]
Jack Cafferty is asking how we can get the GOP back in the game: Bush damaged the brand but John McCain and Sarah Palin didn’t do much to restore it. Republicans also enter the new year with declining minorities in both houses of Congress. The problem is that John McCain had broad electoral appeal until [...]
