Category Archives: Politics

I must say this

Rarely, if ever, will my readers see me post about political issues. I don’t consider myself interested and informed enough to write intelligently about politics (and I try not to absorb too much information on political topics because I already … Continue reading

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Funny, I remember this story differently

Luke 8:40-48 (Contemporary American Version)

But as he went the people thronged him.

And a woman having an issue of blood twelve years, which had spent all her living upon physicians, neither could be healed of any, Came behind him, and touched the border of his garment: and immediately her issue of blood stanched.

And Jesus said, “Who taxed me?”

When all denied, Peter and they that were with him said, “Master, the multitude throng thee and press thee, and sayest thou, Who taxed me?”

And Jesus said, “Somebody hath taxed me: for I perceive that mine religious liberty hath been threatened.”

And when the woman saw that she was not hid, she came trembling, and falling down before him, she declared unto him before all the people for what cause she had touched him, and how she was healed immediately.

And he said unto her, “Unclean slut, get thee hence, for thine womanly impurity hath constrained my religious liberty.”

Courtesy of The Slacktivist.

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Katha Pollitt says it succinctly

It seems like a great deal of the Roman Catholic Church’s self-defense in the recent child abuse scandals has boiled down to “Neener, neener, other people do it, too!” Katha Pollitt has given the best retort to that I’ve yet … Continue reading

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“What do you think I voted for at Omaha Beach?”

One WW2 veteran’s views on equality in marriage and other contexts:

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RIP, Dr. George Tiller

If I should become pregnant, I would have an abortion. I had my share of parenthood helping to raise my stepdaughter; that’s as much motherhood as I need, want, and can handle. I don’t think abortion is ever a Good … Continue reading

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You won’t get much political commentary from me–

–but there is no way to ignore something like this, or the rage it generates: Report Outlines Involvement of Medical Workers in Abusive CIA Interrogations. Mark Mansfield, a C.I.A. spokesman, said that because of the Red Cross’s confidentiality policy, he … Continue reading

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In which I attempt to say something meaningful about RaceFail ’09

Somewhat reluctantly, I’ve been paying increasing attention to the explosion of discussion, hostility, critique, bad behavior, and just plain wank that is RaceFail ’09. What is this RaceFail of which I speak? I refer you to two excellent oracles: This … Continue reading

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