The fact that conservatives have been attacking liberals for years because liberals are always fighting against progress, as defined by the conservatives, got me to thinking. Are progressives anti-progress? For a number of years, I have been more than a … Continue reading →
I found this post on Steve Kimes’ Radical Theologian site and have used it with his permission. During this Christmas season, I find his wise words comforting, particularly after witnessing the excesses of the recent presidential election campaign. Pondering Steve’s … Continue reading →
I’ve read comments from many people who said they could only watch 30 seconds of this video. I watched the whole thing. All the way to the end. Pathetic. Lame. Goodbye and good riddance, Mr. Bush! With millions of Americans … Continue reading →
The driveway is finished. One of my neighbors took the following pictures: This view is from near the top of the hill, looking down towards the road. Quite a difference from the previous picture, huh?
Continue reading →I found this cartoon on Brad Shorr’s blog and thought it summed up our present sad state of affairs quite well: The gentleman on the left, putting money into the hat, is G. K. Chesterton, who, with Hilaire Belloc, promoted … Continue reading →
On December 1, 2008, I posted a link to a video on YouTube that I thought was a very thoughtful commentary by Bill Moyers on President-Elect Obama. Several days after I posted the link, the video was removed from YouTube … Continue reading →
Not long ago, I read an essay that claimed that many prominent neo-conservatives were disenchanted liberals who broke off from the liberal movement in the mid to late 1960s. When I consulted the website Conservapedia, I found their definition of … Continue reading →
Tikkun Magazine offers thought-provoking articles every issue. I found this one to be particularly interesting, because I know many liberals who have an inordinate fear of religion. Can you blame us after what we witnessed in the last election campaign? … Continue reading →
For a number of years, I had read about Wendell Berry, but I had never read anything written by him. That changed earlier this year, when I read an interview of him in The Sun Magazine. I’m not one to … Continue reading →
When the financial crisis dramatically worsened in September of this year, there was a great deal of interest in trying to figure out what had happened. Blogs were full of posts that “explained” the crisis, in verbiage that few could … Continue reading →