Showing posts with label Sarah Palin. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sarah Palin. Show all posts
Wednesday, January 27, 2016

Sun Rises, World Continues on Its Way: Things That Continue, from Today's Newsfeed

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Cardinal Burke continues to emangelize.*
Wednesday, January 20, 2016

Ms. Palin Supplants Mr. Whitman As the Bard of the Common Man and Woman: "You Rockin' Rollers! And Holy Rollers! Proud Clingers of Our Guns!"

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Really, who needs fusty old Walt Whitman any longer, when we have Ms. Palin creating her brilliant word-salad paeans to the American com...
Thursday, January 29, 2015

Abby Zimet on How "Fabulous Media Success" of "American Sniper" Story Highights America's Moral Failings

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On Tuesday, I linked to Chris Hedges's powerful statement about how "American Sniper" lionizes what is worst in Ameri...
Thursday, May 1, 2014

Brief Takes from Week's News: Palin and Baptism, Brendan Eich and Double Standards, Churches and the Gays, Etc.

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Brief takes from the week's news on Sarah Palin and her comparison of water-boarding to baptism, on Brendan Eich and double stan...
Wednesday, November 13, 2013

In the News: Sarah Palin Does Not Heart Pope Francis, Etc.

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Articles/statements that catch my eye as I scan the news this morning:
Wednesday, January 30, 2013

Fading Palin and Boehner and the GOP: Number 1 or Number 2?

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Two new cartoons featured today at the Truthdig site remind of that frustrating vision test the ophthalmologist always gives. Remembe...
Sunday, July 29, 2012

Political Newsflash: Sarah Palin Loves Fried-Chicken Sandwiches!

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Sarah Palin is loving her some fried-chicken sandwiches .  (Or do I mean Michelle Bachmann?  Anyhow, that's the photo of the lady...
Tuesday, July 24, 2012

Frank Bruni on Sarah Palin's Religious Worldview: Wanted No Part of Sin, Plunged into Politics Nonetheless

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Well, in the never-mind category: I'm so sorry I conflated Sarah Palin and Michelle Bachmann in what I say below--after I had tho...
Friday, January 14, 2011

Darin Murphy on the Palin-Obama Performance: Win for Obama

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Darin Murphy's analysis of Ms. Palin's post-Tucson performance is, to my ear, pitch-perfect, both in its understanding of her int...
Thursday, January 13, 2011

Pawlenty Situates Himself for Post-Tucson Presidential Run

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The developing (and sleazy, to my mind) playbook of Republicans trying to situate themselves for a presidential run, after Sarah Palin wen...
Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Andrew Sullivan on Sarah Palin's Reponse to Tucson Events: "Something Menacing"

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Andrew Sullivan's conclusion, as he assesses Sarah Palin's gigantic failure to be a leader (or even a decent human being) in resp...
Sunday, August 22, 2010

Rashad Robinson on Dr. Laura's Pity Party: Free Speech Is About Taking Responsibility

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Rashad Robinson at Huffington Post on the claim of Dr. Laura Schlessinger that she is a victim of those trying to curb her free speech af...
Wednesday, August 18, 2010

People of Faith Speak Out: Stop Demonization of Islamic People in Ground-Zero Controversy

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And, as a good counterpoint to what I posted today about the silence of the official spokespersons for several religious groups re: the ...
Sunday, August 15, 2010

Sarah Keeps Tweeting: Now Attacking Obama's Support of Ground-Zero Mosque

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Sarah Palin is sniping away at President Obama with tweeted questions about his support for the right of the Islamic community to build a ...
Tuesday, September 29, 2009

Best Headline of Day: Andy Borowitz on Sarah Palin Memoirs

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My vote for the best headline of the day: Andy Borowitz at HuffPo, "Palin's Memoir Due in November; English Edition to Follow....
Tuesday, June 2, 2009

Notes in the Wake of Dr. GeorgeTiller's Murder: On the Considerable Shortcomings of Mainstream Media Coverage of Religious Issues

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Some observations in the wake of the murder of late-term abortion provider Dr. George Tiller in Wichita on Sunday: ▪ It’s interesting to not...
Monday, November 10, 2008

And Now the Bishops Meet

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Beginning with this open letter to the U.S. Catholic bishops on 10 October, I have blogged repeatedly about the opening to violence that hat...
Saturday, October 11, 2008

News of the Week: Sally's Baaack; Church of the Two Kevins, etc.

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Strands that connect to topics I’ve discussed earlier this week: There’s a lot more evidence of (and commentary about) the hate now bubbling...
Friday, October 10, 2008

An Open Letter to the U.S. Catholic Bishops on the Rise of Violence in American Political Discourse

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Dear Bishops, As I watch the latest developments in our national presidential campaign, I am intently concerned. And I find your silence ba...
Tuesday, October 7, 2008

More on Failed Leadership and Character

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My apologies for chattering today, but it's impossible not to be fascinated by some of the commentary about leadership in our nation as ...