5 Videos About Kings
November 6th, 2012 | Political circus | Grace | No CommentsTired of partisanship and campaign ads? Think you want a king? Hold the revolution until you watch five quick infomercials for democracy.
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Posts from the ‘Political circus’ Category
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The DNC and He Who Shall Not Be Named
September 6th, 2012 | Current events, Political circus | Grace | No CommentsThe DNC brush-up over the word God has me thinking: If we don’t like to say they’re “the godless party” can we at least say they’re “theism-challenged”?
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The H H S ruling as comedy
July 5th, 2012 | La Vida Iglesia, Political circus, Politics and Current Events | Grace | No CommentsA Catholic blog did an awesome version of presenting all the drama of the HHS ruling and the standoff with Christian churches and others. Actually, it’s more of a comedy, I guess.
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Thinking about tonight’s debate
February 23rd, 2012 | Current events, Political circus, Politics and Current Events | Grace | 2 CommentsTonight’s GOP primary debate in nearby Mesa comes at a good time, since I have to decide and can’t. I wonder what I’m looking for.
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The problem with ‘peace’
September 1st, 2011 | Orthodox perspective, Political circus | Grace | 2 CommentsI thought the Orthodox Study Bible footnote to Luke 12:51 (“Do you suppose that I came to give peace on earth? I tell you, not at all, but rather division.”) was worth extra attention. There are two kinds of peace. False peace, to which Chist refers here, is a shallow harmony that results from ignoring [...]
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White House on Easter: The silence was deafening
April 26th, 2011 | Current events, La Vida Iglesia, Political circus | Grace | No CommentsVia Mediaite: I think I may have just dislocated my shoulder from cringing too hard. In what is one of the most awkward White House press briefings I’ve yet seen, White House Press Secretary Jay Carney somehow manages to say both not enough and entirely too much. White House Press Secretary Jay Carney was asked [...]
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Thinking about civility and Orthodox centrism
March 9th, 2011 | Orthodox perspective, Political circus | Grace | 7 CommentsRecently, talk of civility has been in the news. It’s also something I’ve heard Orthodox friends bemoan. Too much shrillness, not enough mannerly dialoguing. That’s right, of course, when it comes to things that don’t really matter. But the closer you get to the front lines, the louder the noise gets. It is true that [...]
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Fr. Romanides: Imperfect ideological systems
August 4th, 2009 | Orthodox perspective, Political circus | Grace | 3 CommentsFrom this morning’s reading in “Patristic Theology” by Fr. John Romanides: “For real equality to exist, the human personality must first be healed. If it is not healed, any ideological system whatsoever, no matter how perfect it may be, cannot be implemented, because instead of genuine representatives of the ideology working for the system, those [...]
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Pirates and tsars
April 9th, 2009 | Current events, Political circus | Grace | 1 CommentAs of 12:47, the situation on the Somali pirates was that(*) they still have the American captain hostage and that “other pirate-held ships were being moved towards the area.” As of 10:47, the president still didn’t want to even comment about the situation. This, after the White House’s official word, hours after the hijacking yesterday, [...]
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Cold comfort
March 7th, 2009 | Political circus | Grace | 7 Comments“The elite journalists, I repeat, got Obama wrong. The troglodytes got him right.” Um, thanks. I think. That comes from this article on three smart-guy journalists that have become apostates to Obama-worship. Same article gives us this ‘aha’ moment from Christopher (Son-of-William) Buckley: “Government is getting bigger and will stay bigger. Just remember … that [...]
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