Showing posts with label South Carolina. Show all posts
Showing posts with label South Carolina. Show all posts
Thursday, October 31, 2019

"It's Not All in the Past": Commentary on Abuse Stories in the News Now, Across Church Lines and National Lines

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“Rev. Marcotte is 32 years old and represents part of the "new guard" of the Catholic Church, yet by all indications, he has be...
Friday, July 24, 2015

Tuba Libre: Laughter and Music Combined As Powerful Tool of Social Commentary — An Example from the Recent South Carolina KKK March

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Friday, June 19, 2015

Commentary on Shootings at Mother Emanuel: Why Dylann Roof Is America — As Apple Pie

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I'm not sure, honestly, to whom we should listen after the Charleston shootings. What I mean to say is, I'm not sure talking abo...
Thursday, January 29, 2015

As Southern States Call for "Secession by Another Name" in Response to Marriage Equality, Catholic Right-Wing Leaders Prepare to Issue Follow-Up to Manhattan Declaration

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Two days ago, I commented on what's happening out in the U.S. heartland after the Supremes announced they'll take same-sex m...
Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Political Commentary on Southern Themes (and the Newt): Abby Zimet, Ernest Dumas, and Gene Lyons

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This report by Abby Zimet at Common Dreams fairly well encapsulates for me what's gone incredibly awry in the political (and cul...
Sunday, January 22, 2012

South Carolina Votes, and the Race Heads into the Gutter

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The New York Times  judges that Mr. Gingrich "pulled the [Republican presidential] race into the gutter" in South Carolina...
Friday, January 20, 2012

The Republican Party and the South: A Then-and-Now Perspective

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Wilson Bachelor (1827-1903), Arkansas Republican Leader In that posting taking note of Fr. Martin's recent call for renewed re...
Thursday, January 19, 2012

Newt Spotting in South Carolina

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Red-Spotted Newt With his star ascending in the Palmetto state, the Newt is back in the news in a big way this morning.
Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Richard Rapaport Echoes James Petigru on South Carolina: "Too Big to Be an Asylum"

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At Salon, Richard Rapaport takes a good look at South Carolina's long, long history of refractory behavior that puts the future ...
Friday, June 13, 2008

Love. Period. Again.

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What do you do when you encounter hate? And when it’s dressed up as love? This is the dynamic—the blunt reality—gay human beings deal ...