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Jesus is Not A Republican

June 25, 2006September 29, 2018 B. John 533 Views republicans, Evangelical, Jesus Christ, Randall Balmer

Unfortunately, that’s a statement that will piss of a few people. It’s made by Randall Balmer, is a professor of American religious history at Barnard College. In an essay from his book, Thy Kingdom Come: How the Religious Right Distorts the Faith and Threatens America: An Evangelical’s Lament, Balmer talks about how, “The leaders of the religious right have led their sheep astray from the gospel of Jesus Christ to the false gospel of neoconservative ideology and into the maw of the Republican Party.”

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The Dark Heart of Darth Cheney's Daughter

May 5, 2006 B. John 510 Views Dick Cheney, Homophobe, homophobic, Mary Cheney

Mary Cheney “doesn’t have the luxury”? She has every luxury. If she wasn’t already, she’s now the poster child for those who just want those slightly icky gay people to keep their sex lives to themselves. You know — “Mary Cheney doesn’t throw it in our faces, why do you have to?” — as if demanding equality somehow equates to having sex in public.

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A Well Told Tale

April 26, 2006September 29, 2018 B. John 607 Views Mary McCarthy Prize, More Like Not Running Away, Paul Shepherd

Some time back I wrote about how proud I was of one of my best friends, Paul Shepherd. Paul is a writer, and like most writers had worked for a long time on a book. His book, More Like Not Running Away, was selected for the Mary McCarthy prize which included having the book published.

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Santorum and His – It Takes A Family

August 4, 2005 B. John 651 Views NPR, community, family values, Hillary Clinton, Morning Edition, Rick Santorum, village, It Takes a Village, It Takes a Family

This morning I listened, as I always do, to NPR’s Morning Edition. They interviewed Sen Rick Santorum about his book, It Takes a Family. Clearly, the book’s title is a slam against Hillary Clinton’s book, It Takes a Village. I haven’t read his book, but according to what he said this morning, instead of slamming Hillary, it sounds as if he actually agrees.