Romney, The Prevaricating Bully

Willard Mitt Romney during his bullying days at Cranbrook School “Let me tell you about the very rich. They are different from you and me. They possess and enjoy early, and it does something to them, makes them soft, where we are hard, cynical where we are trustful, in a way that, unless you were born rich, it is very …

Coming To America: The Handmaid’s Tale

Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy In Ayatollah Santorum & The Republic(ans) Of Gilead, we noted some eerie parallels between Margaret Atwood‘s novel The Handmaid’s Tale and a resurgence of  the extreme religious right’s influence over the GOP in this presidential election year. The issues are familiar ones: separation of church and state (a …

Are We Insane?

ARE WE INSANE?  Is anxiety,  and even depression, a rational response to what passes for reality these days? Chris Hedges seems to think so. Here’s how he frames the issue: Welcome to the Asylum When civilizations start to die, they go insane. . .  Let the masses be thrust into extreme poverty and left without jobs while the elites, drunk …

Sunday Meditation Riff

 Tabernacle of nature When it is not possible to worship God in the tabernacles of nature, men should do their best to provide houses of beauty, sanctuaries of appealing simplicity and artistic embellishment, so that the highest of human emotions may be aroused in association with the intellectual approach to spiritual communion with God. Truth, beauty, and holiness are powerful and …

Women, Religion, And Politics

Jesus revolutionized women’s religious role in early Judeo-Christian society

The Blind Leading The Blind

There is no excuse for the involvement of “the church” in commerce and politics…