Religion Dispatches
…,387 who had colonoscopies at Murfreesboro; 3,341 who had colonoscopies at Miami; and 1,069 who were treated at the ear, nose, and throat clinic in Augusta—at risk of blood-borne infections. There have also been six positive tests for hepatitis B and 19 for hepatitis C at the three centers, the VA said. How long have we known about universal precautions? What’s wrong here? Perhaps the same thing that is wrong when we see rising numbers in various…
Read More…, an island-colony. We can reach it by a thirty-minute charter flight from Miami, yet never reach it at all.” Today, Cuba is more in our reach. As a Cuban-American from Miami I have been raised amidst the existential crisis of the Cuban exile community, a community with a rabid anger towards the Castro regime and simultaneous love and compassion for their fellow Cubans on the island. I, like many children of exiles, was raised holding my breath fo…
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…nce,” the array of voices clustered under the NatCon banner align around a number of goals and priorities. These include a near-total moratorium on immigration (whether documented or not); a robust Christian nationalism to dominate the public square; a rollback of LGBTQ rights; economic nationalism and opposition to “globalist” supranational institutions; hostility to China as a civilizational enemy; a seething vendetta against so-called “woke eli…
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…players at that position, the Cowboys’ Tony Romo and Ryan Tannehill of the Miami Dolphins. Pastor Ed Young had made a pragmatic move to absorb, rather than compete with, the rival religion: Football is essentially a religion in our country. And historically speaking, the new football season flattens church attendance—even at Fellowship. But we’re ready with this series! We want to show people that football can meet faith. You don’t have to choose…
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…will be better off with more whites and fewer nonwhites.” Noting the large number of Gen-Z white men lurking around, I ask Hadar Hazony if he thinks any are supporters of white nationalist Nick Fuentes and his largely Gen-Z America First/groyper movement. He is certain, he claims, there are groypers at this year’s NatCon—or at least, the individuals he has in mind supported Fuentes last year. Despite this, he tells me that NatCon is vital, because…
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…een working feverishly to finish their projects but had put off purchasing tickets were left out in the cold. It was a different scene in 1997 when I first came to Burning Man and only waited briefly at the entrance as a “Greeter” cast a cursory glance at my car. But the Greeters’ enthusiastic reception remained the same. These Greeters, a dusty naked couple, asked me to get out of my car and embraced me, shouting “Welcome Home!” I had crossed the…
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…items within their borders (as is already the case federally with lottery tickets). A Republican-controlled Congress could then impose a nationwide ban on the mailing of abortion pills or certain contraceptives. (Republican-controlled state legislatures have already demonstrated a willingness to enact questionable legislation for nothing more than its intimidation factor.) Which brings us back to Anthony Comstock. In 1878, the Supreme Court uphel…
Read More…ctated U.S. policy to Cuba for decades…” Also from last month, there’s the Miami Herald which wrote, in a piece on Jeb Bush telling the US-Cuba Democracy PAC that the embargo should be strengthened rather than lifted, that “[t]he crowd of donors [was] the backbone of Cuba’s exiled elite.” A meeting with the former Florida governor, brother and son of presidents, and likely 2016 presidential hopeful? That’s donor power. Then, from 2010, there’s the…
Read More…a honest project by the number one most disliked major religion in America. Especially when Mormons have just recently come through our own years-long struggle to build an LDS temple in Center City Philadelphia after Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter tried to extract a six-figure sum from the Church, a deal the Philadelphia Inquirer said “reeked of extortion.” Sigh….
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…hern Baptist college in Missouri, and a 22-year-old aspiring minister from Philadelphia who quotes Proverbs, declares his love for God—and laments the recent breakup of his relationship with a boyfriend. They are all members or supporters of Soulforce, an organization that aims to change the hearts of those who use religion to justify discrimination against sexual minorities. Most of the 20-somethings in the crowd are participating in Soulforce’s…
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