A few random things . . .
Barack Obama: closet Muslim or racist Christian?
It’s no secret that those on the right seem intent on demonizing Barack Obama. I was only slightly surprised at what appeared in my inbox this past week. It seems that the “racist Christian” angle on Obama has more traction [...]

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John Kerry, testimony before congress, April 23, 1971:
We are asking Americans to think about that because how do you ask a man to be the last man to die in Vietnam? How do you ask a man to be the last man to die for a mistake?
Bruce Springsteen, 2007, from his album Magic. This [...]

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Lewis Black’s “Back In Black” segments on The Daily Show are usually both humorous and on the mark. I particularly enjoyed this week’s segment where he discusses the propensity that U.S. politicians have for focusing on unimportant and/or meaningless issues. He begins with this, which sums it up pretty well:
In politics, anyone can [...]

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It’s been a pretty busy week this week. Actually, it’s been a pretty busy month. So, I’m finding it difficult to find much time to do any real posting.
Like Monday, here’s a few random things.
McChurch
Check out the discussion going on over at Mike’s blog. I hadn’t checked the comments since [...]

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I’m no fan of Ann Coulter, so I don’t really want to be writing about her. But I came across this article from David Kuo’s blog and thought it made some points worth reading. While it is nothing new - nothing we don’t already know - perhaps it is still something many need [...]

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I’ve never seen any of Michael Moore’s work. I used to assume he was up to no good, largely because of my “everything not republican/conservative is evil” glasses I used to wear. However, I will probably see his newest documentary, Sicko, at some point. I doubt I’ll head to the theater to [...]

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Staying busy again this week, little time to post. This may be it for the week. However, you can now see some of what I’m reading when I have a little time here and there in my “Recent Reads” section in the sidebar. Here’s a few other things…

Faith & politics
In the first [...]

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Well, I decided to come back after all. During our weekend to remember a few weeks ago, I decided to take a month off, as I did once last year as well. At one point a few weeks ago, I considered just closing up shop, having grown a little weary of this after [...]

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I posted a couple of days ago from David Kuo’s book, and I had a little more to follow up.
After discussing the “marginal political success” of conservatives that Christians have help vote into office, he mentions that this causes at least a couple of reactions. Some (James Dobson being his example) would suggest that [...]

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Tim Russert tries to get tickets to the Duke-BC game last year (his kid attends BC) and ends up in a debate. This was pretty good. (h/t ACC Basketblog)

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