Monthly Archives: October 2019

One of the most influential men of his time, and an architect of the “American Century,” John Dewey was the man behind the curtain as the Progressive Era undid the predations of the Gilded Age and constructed the now-declining middle … Continue reading →

Elijah Cummings’ corpse had scarcely been delivered to the funeral home before Evangelical Right loonies got busy. Right-wing commentator and radical conspiracy theorist Chris McDonald streamed a special edition of his “The MC Files” program this morning in response to … Continue reading →

As if the Trump administration doesn’t have enough ethics problems, White House Chief-of-Staff Rick Mulvaney announced yesterday that the very best place in America to host a half-dozen world leaders, their retinues, and thousands of media folk, is one of … Continue reading →

From today's edition of #TheBriefing https://t.co/DPXfzjzHP8 pic.twitter.com/6CxkFibRCf — Albert Mohler (@albertmohler) October 16, 2019 Honestly, I marvel some days at Albert the Pious’ total obliviousness. He’s correct, so far as he goes, but he clearly doesn’t understand that the same … Continue reading →

How a theologian today can have a good conscience with his Christianity is incomprehensible and inaccessible to me … This is from Volume 16 of Friedrich Nietzsche’s notebooks, an unpublished remark from June-July of 1885. I’ve been acquiring the set … Continue reading →