Sailing the Last Voyage with Newton and Pascal
This thing is almost surreal, now we are discovering the perpetrators: It is often said that “the first casualty when war comes is truth.” A criminal warrant just issued in Germany shows that war continues to claim its victims. However, this warrant could prove to be as great an indictment not just of the government …
Continue reading "Dumb and Dumber: The Bizarre Case of the Nord Stream Pipeline"
This is the time of year when we give thanks (well, those of us who know to whom to give thanks) and put a wrap on another liturgical year. It's also the time of year when we commemorate the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. One of those who has done so--and deservedly--is Robert F. …
Continue reading "Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and the “Old Stock Colonials”"
Their Presiding Bishop Sean Rowe repeats history: Since January, the previously bipartisan U.S. Refugee Admissions Program in which we participate has essentially shut down. Virtually no new refugees have arrived, hundreds of staff in resettlement agencies around the country have been laid off, and funding for resettling refugees who have already arrived has been uncertain. …
Continue reading "The Episcopal Church is Unable, as Usual, to See the Beam in Its Own Eye"
Sometimes the most interesting and profound of statements come from some of the unlikeliest places, and this is one of them: it was reprinted in the January 1919 edition of Crane Valve World, the periodical of the Crane Company, the Chicago based company that makes valves and other fittings for piping of air, steam, water …
Continue reading "Something Worse than Monarchical Absolutism"
The successor of the likes of John Chane takes her opportunity: President Donald Trump blasted Mariann Edgar Budde, bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Washington, after she directed politically charged remarks towards him during an interfaith service of prayer for the country at the Washington National Cathedral on Tuesday, the day after Trump's inauguration. "Let me make …
Continue reading "The Diocese of Washington Strikes Again, and About Those Security Clearances…"
Ever since his passing on Sunday, the media has lionised--and social media denigrated--Jimmy Carter. One statement in Al Mohler's piece on Carter caught my attention: Time does seem to mellow powerful memories—even powerful political memories. That is especially true when most Americans alive today were not yet born when Carter left the White House, overwhelmingly …
Next week we'll have what looks to be the last debate between the two major party tickets in this Presidential election cycle: the Vice Presidential debate between J.D. Vance and Tim Walz. It's easy to dismiss it but in this case it has some special interest, as both parties have nominated interesting running mates, to …
It's official: President Biden made the unprecedented decision Sunday to drop out of the 2024 presidential race, less than four months after being declared the Democratic Party’s presumptive nominee and just weeks after a dismal debate showing. Getting him out of the way--and that's what really happened--doesn't solve his party's basic problem, which I stated at the very start of …
Continue reading "Dumping Joe Biden Doesn’t Solve the Democrats’ Basic Problem"
The movie is out and with it the fearmongering: God & Country, a documentary released over the weekend, explores fears that the growing force of Christian nationalism could replace democracy with theocratic rule in the US. It features footage of religious leaders expressing negative views of DEI and immigration, alongside commentary from prominent anti-Trump Christians concerned about …
Continue reading "A Tale of Two Theocracies (Well, Really Only One)"
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