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How bizarre. A woman in Colorado was threatened with $1000 worth of fines for having a Christmas wreath on the front of her house in the shape of a

Here’s another good one from A Godly Hero: The Life of William Jennings Bryan. After our short war against Spain in the late 1890’s, there was much controversy over

And while we are talking about the GIGO effects of listening to hate-talk (prior post), here’s Howard Thurman (Jesus and the Disinherited, p 88) Hatred is death to the spirit and

Not long ago I heard a minister say, from the pulpit on Sunday morning, that recently he had to stop listening to “talk radio.” It was filling him with

Just a reminder - The English word “thank” developed itself out of the older word “think.” So as we think about thanks this week, let’s be sure we really do think. I don’t

Originally published in 1976. My how times have not changed. The civilized have created the wretched, quite coldly and deliberately, and do not intend to change the status quo; are responsible

On our recent trip we found a bookstore in Sedona AZ going out of business; and of course you have to go in. Talk about bittersweet! You hate

“Today is Veteran’s Day, so that won’t affect anyone in the White House.” —Seth Meyers Thanks to Bill in Portland Maine …

John F. Kennedy said he believed in … an America where the separation of church and state is absolute – where no Catholic prelate would tell the President (should he

Here’s a short video in which former President Clinton brings us some deadly serious insight about the intersections of government and morality, with some hilarious comedy highlights. (9 minute

We’ve been in the Phoenix area and in Sedona on a trip visiting relatives in some awesomely beautiful country. Hope to be home tomorrow or Wednesday. Hey, some interesting observations

“Yank them out of the driver’s seat,” as the prior post says. [Update] And while the practice and use of democracy are responsibilities lying directly upon all of us; still, upon all

Best quote: The plan is to pull the car off the road, walk around to the other side, and yank them out of the driver’s seat before everybody gets killed. First

  A closed mind is the paradise of prejudice, and the first haven for the hateful and ignorant. - ?  

Frank Schaeffer is a columnist for the Dallas Morning News. In yesterday’s column he announced he is utterly disgusted with the Republican party and is leaving it. Best quote: “Wartime