Baseball and Democracy… it’s About Loss and Hope
Baseball is an exhausting thing to care about, a continual source of heartbreak, an elaborate choreography of loss, and a sentimental education in what such losing means.
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United By Hate for Proposition 8
I pray that a solid number of black and brown voters embrace Jesus’ ethic of reciprocity on Tuesday.
Read MoreBuddhists Split b/w McCain & Obama
Immigrant Buddhists tend to be refugees from Communist regimes and lean conservative.
Read MoreBishops go from Single-Issue Voting to Double-Issue
Proposition 2, 8, 102: Catholic Bishops emerge from their obsession with abortion to a twin obsession with gay rights.
Read MoreWant to End a Political Career? Be Nice to a Muslim
Having a nuanced view of Islam is the new sex scandal for politicians…
Read MoreMy Value Voter ’rents go Obama
No mention of abortion or same-sex marriage or other “culture war” topics; anecdotal evidence of a nationwide trend.
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I Was Nearly Seduced by David Brooks’ Reasonable Analysis
Forget economic theory, and psychology; we need an ethicist.
Read MoreIndonesia’s Anti-Porn Bill is Anti-Pluralism
Defining pornography as things that “arouse sexual propensity, desires or longings” sets a moral tone without a concrete definition of “sexual desire” or “incitement,” a problem that worries the non-Muslim population.
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RD10Q: How the Democrats lost the Catholic vote
How religion should, and should not, influence politics…
Read MoreThe Religious Education of John McCain
McCain, once a regular religious guy who prayed, plodded, and received comfort like anyone else, has bent his faith into a pretzel to appeal to “values voters.”
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