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Evangelicals forsaking Christianity for Trumpism Evangelical Christians made clear way back in 2015 that they were willing to sacrifice their faith, even abandon all common sense, to support Donald Trump. More to the point, this diabolical shyster realized right away that the more he insults their intelligence and defiles their religion, the more they support him. They keep proving… Read more.
US aiding and abetting genocide in Gaza The Biden administration in recent days quietly authorized the transfer of billions of dollars in bombs and fighter jets to Israel despite Washington’s concerns about an anticipated military offensive in southern Gaza that could threaten the lives of hundreds of thousands of Palestinian civilians. (The Washington Post, March… Read more.
Good Friday: My childhood rituals I grew up the son of an evangelical preacher man. However, the Holy Spirit was no match for my Adamic nature. That’s why I found so many things dispiriting about my childhood. Most dispiriting was having to listen to the same sermon over and over again. Not least because I knew full well that… Read more.
On Monday, I skewered Kanye West in a commentary over his audacious demand that everyone call him Ye. He was aping Sean P. Diddy Combs (aka Puff Daddy), who has made similar demands over the years. More to the point, I noted that Ye was channeling Diddy in ways that could see both facing bankruptcy and even imprisonment stemming from allegations of sexual abuse. Feds… Read more.
Trump begs MAGA supporters to save his gilded tower Donald Trump shamelessly milks his MAGA supporters for money to cover his bills. His fundraising tactics range from hawking gilded sneakers to sending desperate SOS emails. The subject line — ‘Keep your filthy hands off Trump Tower’ — was repeated at the start of the email in bold, italics and… Read more.
Kanye is a ‘slave name’? Not since Sean Combs, A.K.A. Puff Daddy, morphed into P Diddy has a name change spawned so much derision. However, this time, the mockery is laced with pity, even sadness. Kanye West’s chief of staff, Milo Yiannopoulos, demanded in a letter that the rapper be referred to as Ye and not… Read more.
The Gaetz playbook: vacate the Speaker Matt Gaetz ran for Congress to become a household name. But he soon discovered that authoring legislation or performing oversight was not getting him the media attention he coveted. So, he decided that leading a band of congressional mutineers to vacate Speaker Kevin McCarthy might do the trick. It worked. That mutiny made Gaetz the… Read more.
Surely only that explains Israel defying pleas, even from the United States, to allow humanitarian aid into Gaza. And, frankly, it doesn’t give a damn about the damning historical symmetry afoot. Read more.
Selling love Selling the love notes of a famous lover has about as much socially redeeming value as revenge porn. I’m no prude. I know full well that people have been selling sex since time immemorial. Doing so is and always has been an honorable profession. But selling love is a different matter. And there’s nothing honorable… Read more.
Federal law vs. Texas law The federal government has exclusive authority to enforce immigration law. That’s because federal law takes precedence over state law. This precedence stems from the Supremacy Clause, a bedrock principle of the US Constitution. That’s why Texas petitioning the Supreme Court for the right to enforce its own immigration seemed so farfetched. It made… Read more.
