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Thoughts on religion, politics, life and death. And other banned topics.

Tag: current events

  • Headlines

    Read and comment on my blog. In a recent exchange with Facebook friends, it came to light that some people only read headlines. One interlocutor opined: I’ve said for years, people read headlines, but nothing below that. The problem in this country is that people are too lazy to be informed. I disagree with turning…

  • America’s Biggest Problem

    Read and comment on my blog. Health care reform is an urgent issue. Millions of Americans are uninsured or underinsured. While there are differences about what role government ought to play in health care, there is nearly universal agreement about the need for reform. Yet health care reform is not our biggest problem. The financial…

  • Guns in Church

    Pastor Ken Pagano’s invitation to his congregation to bring their guns to church made the New York Times. It apparently made the news in other countries as well. Great. Conservative Christians are gun-toting sociopaths. Liberal Christians are peace-loving and reasonable, like Jesus. Only Jesus wasn’t. He told his followers that they would have enemies everywhere.…