Published in Politically Speaking·3 days agoMember-onlyQuestionable FoundationsHow valid are religious mandates based on lies & nonsense? — Our Constitution grants each of us the freedom to believe in the wide variety of religious/spiritual options available, or not. That democratic protection applies to all of us. Modern far-right Christians/Christian nationalists have asserted, by some form of spiritual osmosis, that their version of the unverifiable and occasionally insane has…Politics7 min readPolitics7 min read
Published in Politically Speaking·Jan 21Member-onlyThe Arrogant Side of Religious BeliefsImposing irrational nonsense on others is misguided & offensive — I’ll be among the last to suggest that beliefs are not important. A basic premise of my book highlights how important it is to believe in one’s choices and purposes. The strength and power of certainty is a key cog in achieving any measure of success. If religious beliefs are…Politics6 min readPolitics6 min read
Published in Politically Speaking·Jan 17Member-onlyLying as a Governing PrincipleThe GOP is already all-in on legislative nonsense — The prior session of Republican Party governance was little more than an exercise in saying “No.” No to lower insulin costs. No to negotiating lower prescription costs. No to cancer care for our veterans. No to background checks before purchasing guns. Etc., etc. Members of the new GOP majority in…Politics6 min readPolitics6 min read
Published in Politically Speaking·Jan 7Member-onlyThis Is a Good Decision Because …?Some questions for GOP voters — The chaos surrounding the shameless Kevin McCarthy’s bid to become Speaker of the House captured most of the political attention in recent days. It was a predictable circus. The twenty or so extremist right-wing knuckleheads running this show made it quite clear that nothing would happen in Congress unless and…Politics5 min readPolitics5 min read
Published in Politically Speaking·Dec 2, 2022Member-onlyEvangelical Distortions & ContortionsDubious reasonings aren’t helping their cause — Fearing change and/or fearing others without rational cause is not anyone’s best choice. At least it isn’t if both our own and our nation’s collective future well-being matters. Too much of our political discourse — such as it is — makes little or no sense. Often based on fear of…Politics6 min readPolitics6 min read
Published in Politically Speaking·Nov 22, 2022Member-onlyToday’s Christian RightContorting traditional understandings — Having won a narrow majority of seats in the House of Representatives, the Republican Party’s collective ambition is … investigating Hunter Biden? Americans of all persuasions — and in particular those who fully support such idiotic priorities — would greatly benefit if the primary motivations of elected officials were instead…Politics5 min readPolitics5 min read
Published in Politically Speaking·Nov 8, 2022Member-onlyThrowing It All Away?Better choices await. Will we act? — I am admittedly a very lapsed Catholic who has little or no tolerance for much of the white Christian nonsense passing for substance, or as justification for overtly anti-Christ-like behaviors (whatever Christ-like behaviors are supposed to be). …Politics6 min readPolitics6 min read
Published in Politically Speaking·Nov 6, 2022Member-onlyChristian NationalismA threat we must take seriously — I’ve previously noted that I was raised as a Catholic, and attended Catholic schools right through my senior of high school (many decades ago, I might add). Later, and madly in love with a delightful (very Catholic) college senior while in my first year of law school, I was provided…Politics5 min readPolitics5 min read
Published in Politically Speaking·Nov 4, 2022Member-onlyA Lament, Not a RantThere is no do-over on November 9 — It never ceases to amaze (and sadden) me to witness the mockery white evangelical Christians in particular have made of their allegedly sacred mandates, all in service to fear of a changing, progressive world, with narrow-mindedness serving as their guide. It makes no sense that the presumably all-powerful, loving Deity…Politics6 min readPolitics6 min read
Published in Politically Speaking·Nov 2, 2022Member-onlyThe GOP ConA few downsides if they succeed — There is an already-legitimate and now increasingly dire reason for white Christian Americans to fear for the future. However, to their great disappointment, it’s not what results from life under Democratic Party governance. To their even greater disappointment and consternation, it’s a future arising courtesy of the Great GOP Con…Politics6 min readPolitics6 min read
