Where have I been? Where am I going? July 12, 2024 Most recently this is where I’ve been. Yesterday, I asked the two subcontractors who were relining my gutter if I could hang on to… Continue Reading
Countdown 43 That MF Steve Bannon July 1, 2024 David Brooks wrote this piece for Today’s NY Times: My Unsettling Interview With Steve Bannon Bannon is Trump’s muse. Trump is Bannon’s useful idiot…. Continue Reading
A few breaths of air before some quickish blogging and before I plunge back into my world changing book editing February 15, 2024 That’s one of the longer titles I’ve ever written. And this is meant to be a short post. Before I set out for my… Continue Reading
Set back two hours January 21, 2024 I’m crushed. I just plunked out a good post and apparently lost it. I’d be hard pressed to do it justice and I poured… Continue Reading
Speaking of people worthy of a Evangelical abortion after their birth January 16, 2024 Here’s a headline post Iowa Caucuses from the Washington Post regarding a poll of Americans listening to Donald Trump: Half of Americans agree with… Continue Reading
What Would Lincoln Do? January 5, 2024 After a futile four hours of trying to fall asleep a slogan occurred to me that soothed my vexatious thoughts. What Would Lincoln Do?… Continue Reading
a tid bit I doubt but which has me thinking August 30, 2023 Claudia reads her own set of books when I’m not reading to her in the car or in the living room. This one had… Continue Reading
How the heirs of the KKK stole a Pope’s infallibly to divide and conquer America April 24, 2023 JFK addresses anti-Catholic preachers in 1960, Google:“The Kennedy Speech that Stoked the Rise of the Christian Right” Read it here Continue Reading
The Nine…..and the mirror image November 24, 2022 I finished my column early because of a stepped up Reader deadline. It seems printers like to enjoy their holidays too…..not to mention editors…. Continue Reading
My wife’s Sunday Sermon. It brought tears to my eyes. February 23, 2022 The other woman in my immediate family. Continue Reading
A thought for your consideration January 29, 2022 The Internet is like the Ganges River. It is holy and full of human waste, pollution and corpses. And by the way, if the… Continue Reading
Society of Charletons September 16, 2021 I mentioned the book Jesus and John Wayne by evangelical truth teller Kristin Kobes Du Mez both on the blog, here and here, and… Continue Reading
Zip tying myself to French September 3, 2021 Fresh from watching a video of a Trumpian coffee shop owner attempting to zip tie an Arizona principal for not letting unmasked children risk… Continue Reading
The Tucker Carlson Fan Club, latest Reader Column August 6, 2021 Read it here: The Tucker Carlson Fan Club Continue Reading
Some paranoia is deserved, some is financed with deep pockets August 4, 2021 I mention this book in next Friday’s column the Reader: I mention in the column that I only have 100 pages of it under… Continue Reading
The Waning of American Christianity July 19, 2021 My Seminary graduate wife recently was amazed and revolted by this book which she took out of the Duluth Public Library. She recommended I… Continue Reading
Hey Hey, Ha Ha, Ho Ho November 12, 2020 My Reader column takes aim at Christian Zombies of the Trumpian Apocalypse. Its not up yet but here are three quickies that hint at… Continue Reading
Evangelical Chit inanity November 6, 2020 well sorry @Eminem for that. But that's the first instrumental track i thought about. pic.twitter.com/5uce3N3GSP — Capitaine OSEF (@Soapmoine) November 5, 2020 Continue Reading
A binge watch I recommended to my bro. October 29, 2020 Even before the corona virus Claudia and I loved to sink ourselves into engrossing television series. This habit predates Netflix by decades. Our habit… Continue Reading
