
Bibi’s Bad History
In his UN speech on Iran, Israel’s PM attempted to force a zero-sum game of destroying the opposition by force.
Read MoreIn his UN speech on Iran, Israel’s PM attempted to force a zero-sum game of destroying the opposition by force.
Read MoreBut do we still think we’re more ethical?
Read MoreCan the exceptionalism that has shielded racism be used to defeat it?
Read More“Christianity is not supposed to make you secure. Christianity is supposed to give you the courage to walk into an insecure world knowing that you’re not alone and to embrace the radical insecurity. If you’ve got to spend your time proving that you’re better than someone else—males are better than females, whites are better than blacks, heterosexuals are better than homosexuals—you’re always building yourself up by pushing somebody else down. But, you shouldn’t need to build yourself up unless you’re radically insecure. Religion feeds into that radical insecurity with triumphalism—ours is the only religious route you can take to get to God. That’s a really strange idea.”
Read MoreOnly two governments have not ratified the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child: Somalia and the US. President Obama supports ratification, as does Hillary Clinton. On the opposing side? Christian Right Home Schoolers and believers in “American Exceptionalism.” Ironies abound.
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