One reason why the separation of church and state is a good idea is that uniting religion and politics tends to do more harm to both than either could self-inflict on its own. Indeed, many of the early settlers in America were people who came here to escape from the Christian nations of Europe, which …
Category Archive: Politics
Sep 21 2012
Tax cuts
The link for today goes to Mano Singham’s post on taxes and the “luckie duckies.” Because people living in poverty are so lucky.
Sep 19 2012
Spirit of the Sith
Today’s link goes to Mano Singham’s post, The Obama administration considers constitutional rights to be dangerous. The administration is correct: constitutional rights are dangerous, at least to those who are exploiting others from positions of privilege and power. But the absence of rights is far more dangerous, in terms of the scope and extent of …
Sep 13 2012
Family values?
Years ago I used to be very interested in Mormonism, though that was when I was an evangelical Christian and my main interest was in converting them. But I learned quite a lot about them and even attended a Mormon church for a while (incognito, as it were). One thing I learned was that, according …
Sep 11 2012
Luke 4 (the longer text)
And the devil, taking Jesus up into an high mountain, showed unto him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time. And the devil said unto him, “All this power will I give thee, and the glory of them: for that is delivered unto me; and to whomsoever I will I give …
Sep 03 2012
Troublesome Labor Day post
I’m sitting comfortably at home today, enjoying the Labor Day holiday, and wrestling with a post I want to write. Labor Day seems like a good day for it, because it’s about wage earners. But it’s giving me trouble. Here’s what I want to say: I want to point out that most of the nation’s …
Sep 01 2012
My new favorite slogan
You know, I think I have a new favorite slogan: WE BUILT THAT! Take Wal-Mart for instance. It didn’t become one of the world’s largest retailers because Sam Walton was so good at stocking shelves and ringing cash registers. The Walton family provided the leadership, true enough, but the labor, the actual building, came from …
Aug 26 2012
Day wasted
So I just read on the Internet that “MITT ROMNEY AND PAUL RYAN” happens to be a perfect anagram for “MY ULTIMATE AYN RAND PORN”. That’s it. My mind is blown.
Aug 23 2012
Stray thoughts: congressional review of state secrets
If you’ve been reading Ed Brayton’s blog, you know that one of the big problems with the current administration, like administration before it, is a penchant for using the so-called State Secret Privilege to avoid accountability for any questionable activities it might be engaging in. In fact, if anything, the current administration is even worse …
Aug 20 2012
Social justice versus family values
Writing for the Christian Science Monitor, Brad Knickerbocker observes: For the first time since the founding of the Republic, none of the major party candidates for president or vice president is a WASP – a white, Anglo-Saxon Protestant – a fact that was confirmed when Mitt Romney picked Paul Ryan to be his running mate. …
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