The above graphic was doing the rounds of the Internet the other day. I was tossing it back and forth with one of my Facebook friends, discussing its theological merits (or otherwise), when it occurred to me that this person (whoever he or she was; the attribution has been lost) actually had put a finger…
Month: January 2017
Politics
Litany of Lies
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http://media2.s-nbcnews.com/i/MSNBC/Components/Video/160105/tdy_alexander_trump_160105.jpg My comment on the Trump inauguration is short but not sweet. Short because there’s very little new to write about. And you don’t expect anything about this guy to be sweet, do you? In some ways, Trump is very predictable. His speech was full of his tired old fear-mongering demagoguery and lies. The bleak…
Politics
Political Brownie Points
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Politicians, as everyone knows, survive on their popularity with the electorate. They do good things; their popularity goes up. They make mistakes; their popularity goes down. It has become common in our monetized society to use the metaphor of political capital, which politicos earn and spend like wages. As if they earned them the…
Social Commentary
School Neglect
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We all know this kid, let’s call him Joe, who dropped out of school the day he hit 15, to the great relief of everyone, especially himself, I would imagine. He didn’t get along with the teachers or the other students and made life miserable for everyone. And I’m also sure that everyone made life…
Social Commentary
The Year to Come (Through Rosé Coloured Specs)
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As I sit by the Yule log (natural gas fuelled – save a tree) with my second or third glass of wine, I come to the conclusion that 2017 is going to be a Really Great Year. Really Great. I predict it. Josh the Duck Tolling Retriever has done the editing and he approves it all. Really Great.…