I’m about the habits of humiliation that the student leaders are learning. They’ve turned gifts into obligations, and generosity into duty. I’d hate these people to be running my country. Or my church.
Category: culture
maybe you should read this
We avoid that which is uncomfortable and put off that which is necessary. "Maybe" becomes the way we manage our childrens' expectations and our spouse's concerns.
all the news unfit to print
If we are going to sustain a democracy, we need accurate information to make thoughtful decision of our own. It's more complex than "just the facts," perhaps, but it is also more important than it's true because I think it's true.
Oh, he of little faith
Hitchens has little room to maneuver, of course, after a lifetime of mocking God and his people. Not that he wants to maneuver, from what I can see.
on the (in)significance of swearing
There is nothing more pathetic than someone trying to borrow the shock value of coarse language, or borrow the authority of holy language, simply because they lack the vocabulary to explain what they actually mean or feel.
the daysman 