Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Of Men, Women, and Capital Cities: Listening to Women's Word and Witness

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I’ve been thinking about gender lately. And cities. Capital cities are, of course, overweeningly masculine for the most part. Anywhere i...
Monday, October 19, 2009

Who Reads, Who Doesn't?

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I haven't done one of those "who reads, who doesn't?" postings in a while, noting states in which this blog has had no rea...

The Center Moves Left, but Media Continue to Tack Right: Continued Work for Religious Progressives

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A smattering of sources today that pick up on themes discussed previously at Bilgrimage. I’ve noted , for instance, the tendency of the mai...
Sunday, October 18, 2009

Welcoming the Stranger: Reflections on an Anti-Immigrant Initiative in Arkansas

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And as a counterpoint to my posting a moment ago about the Arkansas State Fair, I want to take note of a piece of legislation pending right ...

Report from the State Fair: No Longer Granny's State Fair

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My brother and sister-in-law had a gathering yesterday to celebrate a number of things—a new job for my sister-in-law, the Hindu feast of D...
Saturday, October 17, 2009

The Abuse Crisis: Catholic Responses at the Center

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In the posting I just uploaded, I linked to a posting of Mollie Wilson O'Reilly at Commonweal yesterday discussing Laurie Goodstein...

Readers Respond: Crafting the Narrative of the Real Sexual Abuse Crisis in the Catholic Church, Beyond Scapegoating of Gays

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My posting yesterday juxtaposing Bill Dononhue’s latest rant about the gays as the source of all evil with Laurie Goodstein’s story about ...