Civil Commotion

Evangelical Christians who embrace Moore are serving the public good by making ridiculous their pose as uniquely moral Americans, and by revealing their leaders to be especially grotesque specimens of the vanity — vanity about virtue — that is curdling politics. Another public benefit from the Moore spectacle is the embarrassment of national Republicans. Their party having made the star of the “Access Hollywood” tape president, they now are horrified that Moore might become 1 percent of the Senate.

George Will

Meantime, Religion News Service helpfully suggests it might be time for young evangelicals to ditch the label and do some rebranding:

Don’t bother. Changing the name won’t get rid of the rottenness underneath.

Point to the short fat guy.

That time some undercover sellers crashed into some undercover buyers, et cetera, et cetera …

Detroit police officers fight each other in undercover op gone wrong

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Sources say it started when two special ops officers from the 12th Precinct were operating a “push off” on Andover near Seven Mile. That is when two undercover officers pretend to be dope dealers, waiting for eager customers to approach, and then arrest potential buyers and seize their vehicles.

But this time, instead of customers, special ops officers from the 11th Precinct showed up. Not realizing they were fellow officers, they ordered the other undercover officers to the ground.

Priests given wallet-size help cards for handling abuse claims

The Association of Catholic Priests (ACP) has issued a portable information card to assist priest’s faced with abuse allegations.