Showing posts with label liberals. Show all posts
Showing posts with label liberals. Show all posts
Monday, June 5, 2017

Divisions in American Left Yield Trump: The Case of Bill Maher and Response of Some Liberals to Discussion of This Case

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It's clear to me following the last federal election in the U.S. that the American left is divided in a way that powerfully contrib...
Monday, January 9, 2017

Robert Leonard on Why Rural America Voted for Trump: A Critique of the Argument

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Robert Leonard's recent op-ed piece in New York Times on why rural America voted Trump is receiving a lot of attention as a coge...
Monday, August 8, 2011

Commentary on President Obama's Performance in Budget Deliberations: Protecting the Powerful Over the Poor

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And, in case my previous posting about Rick Perry's Response rally has given the impression that I consider President Obama a solution...
Monday, June 14, 2010

A.J. Jacobs's Year of Living Biblically: On the Future of Religion in a World of Growing Fundamentalism

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When I blogged about A.J. Jacobs’s The Year of Living Biblically last week, I noted that I might have some concluding remarks about this ...
Thursday, June 10, 2010

Living Biblically: A.J. Jacobs and the Lincoln-Halter Race in Arkansas

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A few days back, when blogged about the I-believe-everything-approach to Catholic orthodoxy, a reader of this blog (and friend of mine), ...
Wednesday, June 9, 2010

The Rise of Religious Fascism and the Cool Pragmatism of Generation Jones: Three Perspectives on the Current Political Scene

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Three recent articles catch my eye as as valuable contributions to dialogue about matters religious and political. I’m mentioning them in ...
Tuesday, June 8, 2010

The Abuse Crisis and the Gaying of the Priesthood: My Take on Liberal Catholic Analysis of the Issue

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Last Friday, I blogged about Tom Roberts’ National Catholic Reporter commentary on the new interview process for Catholic seminaries in ...
Sunday, September 27, 2009

Mr. Clinton Changes His Mind: Knowing Gay People and Rejecting Homophobic Discrimination

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There’s an aspect of what former President Clinton said the other day about gay marriage that keeps sticking in my mind, like a small pebbl...
Tuesday, July 28, 2009

Centrist Pragmatism: It's Time to Be Honest about Where the Center Really Stands

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Points to ponder today: Katrina vanden Heuvel exposes the media game of labeling spokespersons for the far-right fringe as "centrists,...
Sunday, May 17, 2009

Mr. Obama Shines at Notre Dame: Disparate Reflections on the Commencement Address and the Occasion

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Some thoughts about President Obama's commencement address at Notre Dame today, which I've just watched live at MSNBC: The president...
Sunday, February 22, 2009

Human Rights and Solidarity: The Soft Underbelly of the Obama Administration

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Amnesty International is shocked at Secretary of State Clinton’s statements about human rights in Seoul this week ( here ). Clinton told r...
Thursday, January 1, 2009

The Lion, The Lamb, and Rick Warren

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I forget which liberation theologian wrote some years back something like the following: When you invite both the lion and the lamb to your ...
Tuesday, December 30, 2008

Uncorking the Pandemic of Crazy: Predictions about the Religious Right in 2009

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And on to the prognostications. Which I’m not sure many folks will want to hear—in part, because what I see down the pike is not promising ...
Tuesday, June 10, 2008

Disinformation Campaigns and the Generational Shift in Politics

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In a posting several days ago (5 June), I addressed the issue of disinformation in American politics. I predicted that in this federal ele...
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