In "The Last Battle," the final book of C.S. Lewis's Chronicles of Narnia, "Aslan" the lion lets a disbeliever off the hook. It's almost as though Aslan had read the Beatitudes. One wishes the ICE-men in Minneapolis would read it, too.
George Latimer, 7-term Democratic Mayor of St. Paul, might have saved the day, but his instincts let him down. Even he would say later that his attempts were "feeble."
You might take a lesson from Liz Cheney and her father. Their grandchildren, great-grandchildren and beyond will know where they stood and what they did when Donald Trump tried to end the experiment called America.
"It is my belief that you’re ruining the international order that was fought so hard for by the Greatest Generation ... You subscribe to many of the principles we fought against. And I can't be a party to that." General Mark Milley, unsent 2020 resignation letter.
Among presidents Trump is the only one in our long history to see the office as a way to make money. Since the election he's up $2 billion in cryptocurrency alone. There is no disclosure, no transparency, no telling what injustices transpire as he ignores the people’s business in favor of this own.
Trump has trashed the market for American soybean farmers, who voted for him in the false belief that he was on their side. It turns out they don’t need for him to be their retribution. They just need a trade policy that doesn’t drive their best customer away.
Make yourself useless by sampling the many cover versions of your favorite songs.
Our spy agency has a model for predicting countries' political instability and potential for violence. The U.S. fits it.
My church learned more than two centuries ago that in the United States, if you want your children to pray in school, you will need your own school.
Social is not my favorite medium but occasionally I get motivated to post something of a political nature. Here are a few.
BABY BOOMERS: CULPRITS, VICTIMS OR JUST SOCIAL BUTTERFINGERS?
FBI confirms authenticity of recently discovered film.
