Showing posts with label militarism. Show all posts
Showing posts with label militarism. Show all posts
Monday, September 24, 2018

Recent Discussion of Brett Kavanaugh's Jesuit Prep-School "Man for Others" Training: Ambiguity of Jesuit "Band of Brothers" Ethos

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John Gehring, " Improper Formation? Kavanaugh & the Prep-School Culture ": 
Monday, May 23, 2016

Quote for Day: "Liberal Christians Often Pay Lip Service to Many Politically Radical Christian Thinkers and Activists While Lining Up Behind the Political and Economic Forces That They Fought Against"

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At Religion Dispatches , Daniel José Camacho responds to a recent article at the same venue by Ruth Graham which argues that liberal...
Monday, September 28, 2015

From Nuns on the Bus Town Hall Meeting in Little Rock: Rev. Wendell Griffen on Radical Revolution of Values

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I recently blogged about the town hall meeting the Nuns on the Bus held in my community of Little Rock on 13 September, which my husband...
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...
Tuesday, January 27, 2015

Chris Hedges on "American Sniper": "Lionizes the Most Despicable Aspects of U.S. Society"

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In case you're wondering what Chris Hedges thinks of Clint Eastwood's new film "American Sniper," wonder no more: ...
Monday, August 25, 2014

Translating the News: Police Officers Spout Off About Threats to "Caucasian Christians" — Ferguson Is About the Fear of Many White Americans That "We" Are Losing Control"

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At Talk to Action and the Political Research Associates website , Rachel Tabachnick reports that new video documentation has surface...
Saturday, August 31, 2013

Kathleen Reardon on Syria: Why Should We Believe Them This Time?

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Kathleen Reardon asks another very important question about the current round of cowboy war-mongering in D.C.: Why should we believe...
Friday, August 30, 2013

As U.S. Is Poised for Another Cowboy War, Need for Expedited Action Remains Entirely Unexplained

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Steve Benen at Maddow Blog  on what Huffington Post's lead headline * this morning is calling the next in line of America's ...
Thursday, August 29, 2013

Blake Hounshell on the Moral Arc of the Universe and Syria: "It Bends Toward Targeted Airstrikes"

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"The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward targeted airstrikes on a limited subset of Syria's military infrastru...
Monday, May 28, 2012

American Memorial Day: War Machines, the 1%, and Religious Right's False Claims of Martyrdom

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Thursday, January 19, 2012

American Marines Urinating on Enemy Corpses: Jerry Lembcke's Moral Analysis

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The conclusion to Jerry Lembcke's thoughtful and morally sensitive analysis at NCR  of the photos circulating online, showing ...
Monday, January 9, 2012

Blackwater Settles with Families in Iraqi Killings: Keeping Moral Focus Honest in 2012 U.S. Elections

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Here's another of those pictures from the Iraqi war that I cannot allow myself to forget, once having seen it.  It's a pictur...
Saturday, January 7, 2012

The Military in Skinny Jeans: Mr. Obama's "Slimming" Down of Military Expenditures

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Mike Luckovich's cartoon at Truthdig , commenting on Mr. Obama's recent announcement that he's slimming down the military...
Tuesday, September 6, 2011

Michael J. Iafrate's Theological Reflections on Militarism and Discipleship

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Michael J. Iafrate And as a companion piece to Mike Lofgren's statement about which I've just blogged, which notes the pronounc...