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Real Magic
Arthur had come to the conclusion that even after years of dedicated effort, after all of those hours and hours of lonely practice, staring at himself in front of a mirror, watching attentively to micro-adjust his movements and his statements, … Continue reading
Posted in Fiction, Sociocultural
Tagged magic, religion, sorcery, witchcraft
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Supreme Ego
In June this year the Supreme Court vacated Roe v. Wade with an extreme, repetitive, and oddly argued opinion that will, despite assurances to the contrary, threaten a constellation of basic rights that have been built up over the past … Continue reading
Posted in Politics, Sociocultural
Tagged abortion, Casey, Christian, Dobbs, Eisenstadt, Federalist, Griswold, LGBTQ, Loving, marriage, Obergefell, originalist, religion, Roe, Supreme Court
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Hair!
Visualize Iran’s Ayatollah Khomeini and Al Qaeda’s Osama bin Laden and orthodox rabbis and ZZ Top and Duck Dynasty. What do these people have in common? If you’re thinking that I made that question too easy by including too many … Continue reading
Diversity War
Recent Facebook meme: “America – My Ancestors Didn’t Travel 4,000 Miles for the Place to Be Overrun by Immigrants” It is a continual and stupefying realization to me that a large percentage of self-professed “patriots” in the United States oppose … Continue reading
Posted in Politics, Sociocultural
Tagged American, Black, Chinese, code talkers, constitution, diversity, English, German, immigration, Italian, Japanese, Jewish, minorities, multicultural, multilingual, religion, war, World War II
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Ring of Dogma
Algerian writer Kamel Daoud gained world-wide fame as the author of a novel—The Meursault Investigation—that acts as a sequel to Albert Camus’ novel The Stranger, but one told from an Arab viewpoint. In the October 14, 2019 issue of The … Continue reading
Posted in Politics, Sociocultural
Tagged Christian, first amendment, government, Islam, power, religion
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Religious Reversal
The phrase “freedom of religion” has long been used as a substitute, of sorts, for the protections included in the first amendment to the United States Constitution. As such, it has always been considered to describe a positive concept, a … Continue reading
Posted in Politics
Tagged Christianity, constitution, denial of servce, establishment, first amendment, freedom, health, HHS, prayer, religion, sectarian, Supreme Court
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Fifty Years of Science
Among the many significant events that happened in 1968, fifty years ago, many have been all but forgotten, some perhaps deservedly so. There is one, however, that should be remembered both for its immediate message and for the continuing impact … Continue reading
Posted in Politics, Sociocultural
Tagged ACLU, AEA, Arkansas, Christian, constitution, curriculum, Epperson, evolution, first amendment, monkey trial, religion, school, Scopes, Tennessee
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Religious Wrongs
Be careful what you wish for. This warning is a popular idiom and cliché, in this case one not attributed to Shakespeare or Aesop or any Greek philosopher, but one that is useful as a cautionary reminder. We should all … Continue reading
Posted in Politics, Sociocultural
Tagged democracy, diversity, evangelical, government, politics, religion, religious right, theocracy
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Luther at 500
Five hundred years ago, on the last day of October, an event occurred that would reverberate across Europe and change the structures of both religion and government. On that day a 34-year-old theology professor and preacher at the University of … Continue reading
Posted in Sociocultural
Tagged bible, Catholic, Constance, democracy, enlightenment, Gutenberg, Hobbes, Hus, Lateran, Locke, Lutheran, Martin Luther, Medieval, pope, print, Protestant, reformation, religion, Wittemburg, Wycliff
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Fundamental Bias
As I write today, history is repeating itself. The bad news: Many human beings are once again demonstrating that they are both (1) capable of gross insensitivity and (2) ignorant of history. The good news is that we seem to … Continue reading
Posted in Politics
Tagged bible, constitution, discrimination, gay, Indiana, Jesus, New Mexico, pizza, religion, religious freedom, RFRA, Richland, Roseville, Supreme Court
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