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Stingy Christians in an age of opulence
Ronald Sider, author of the eye-opening ’70s book Rich Christians In An Age of Hunger recently reviewed a new book entitled Passing the Plate: Why American Christians Don’t Give Away More Money. The book attempts to answer the question of why American Christians, despite being constantly preached to about tithing 10 percent of their income, give so […]
News and Notes: Time running out to see Danielson doc
If you haven’t seen it already, time is running out on Pitchfork TV’s one-week screening of Danielson: A Family Movie. Click HERE now to watch. There’s only one day left. For trivia’s sake, some of the footage in the film was shot at a Tangzine show at Kemble Memorial UMC in Woodbury. Tangzine Editor […]
Elsewhere: Obama-press war is on
Whether or not you believe Hilary Clinton, John McCain or Sarah Palin’s claim that the mainstream media was “in the tank” for Obama, a battle between the soon-to-be 44th President and the fourth estate is more or less inevitable, according to a piece in Slate.com by Jack Shafer. The press corps works to hold the president accountable […]
Elsewhere: Reaction from the right
The sane: “That victory is a hallmark moment in history for all Americans — not just for those who voted for Sen. Obama. As a nation, we will never think of ourselves the same way again. Americans rich and poor, black and white, old and young, will look to an African-American man and know him […]
Elsewhere: A case for each (and every) candidate
Candidates are listed in alphabetical order. Chuck Baldwin, Independent Specific issues that are a concern of mine are the national debt, the devaluation of the Dollar, foreign policy and general economic issues such as right to work laws, taxation and the government’s involvement in the economy. I’m a proponent of the free-market which is not […]
Completely lost in translation
The English in this bi-lingual supermarket sign is fine. The Welsh is a different story. Translated: “I am not in the office at the moment. Please send any work to be translated.” BBC News has the story.
City of brotherly stupidity?
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=na4v94c03NY&hl=en&fs=1] This one goes out to all those people who had their cars flipped over or smashed in (I saw a car all busted up at Broad & Ellsworth today), to the statue of the Man Holding the Umbrella, to the postal carriers who had their boxes knocked over, to the parents in Mayfair who […]
Wendell Berry’s time
Kentucky poet, writer and farmer Wendell Berry’s time is now. So says Dallas Morning News columnist and Crunchy Con blogger Rod Dreher in a wonderful essay that appeared in the paper earlier this week. Dreher writes: Could any man be less relevant to the politics and culture of our time than an old Kentucky poet-farmer […]