Author Archives: Bob Felton

Burning down the neighborhood

Increasingly these days, I find myself thinking about the Detroit riots of 1967, that awful civil eruption when rioters burned-down their own neighborhoods and the stores at which they shopped. When the fires were out and the smoke had cleared, … Continue reading

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America’s anti-intellectualism

After all these years warning of the insane beliefs and malign effects of the Evangelical Right, it’s nice to see this piece in the New York Times: The Evangelical Roots of our Post-truth Society. I earned the first of two … Continue reading

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The Great Shibboleth?

Albert Mohler, The Very Mightiest Theologian Of Them All, addresses a reasonable question in today’s edition of The Briefing: If the Passover story is true, if Our Invisible Friend really did kill every first-born child in Egypt, then why on … Continue reading

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Quote for the day

An honest politician is one who, when he is bought, will stay bought. Simon Cameron Vladimir Putin

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Dismal theology-related tweet of the day

Passing thorough rural Ohio and what appears but a birthplace of the positive thinking heresy. pic.twitter.com/wMTHTRM2HD — Albert Mohler (@albertmohler) April 12, 2017 Because, you know, positive thinking interferes with a good, bone-deep understanding of your utter unfitness to exist, … Continue reading

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