Why I’m Not Watching the State of the Union Address
If I want to get outraged, maybe there’ll be a Bridalplasty rerun on.
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The Problem with Civility
If you’re more concerned that somebody said “wanker” than you are that our democracy is circling the drain, you’ve got a problem.
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This Narrative of Death that is So Powerful Among Us
RD contributor Daniel Schultz recently published his first book: Changing the Script, based in large part on the thought of Old Testament scholar and theologian, Walter Brueggeman. To mark the book release, we sent Pastor Dan to interview Brueggemann at his home in Cincinnati.
Read MoreGlenn Beck’s Political Theology
The “Restoring Honor” rally may have had a lot of religious talk about freedom and rebirth, but it offered nothing new.
Read MoreWhy Is the Economy Stuck?… Market Theology for Nonbelievers
Our current stuckness isn’t a matter of political malpractice or corruption. It’s a failure of the imagination on a grand scale.
Read MoreThe “Royal Consciousness,” “Confidence Fairies,” and Economic Catastrophe
Hope in the middle of an economic meltdown starts with telling the powers-that-be exactly what they don’t want to hear: the party’s over.
Read MoreAmericans Are Overtreated to Death
Real hope isn’t that the therapeutic cavalry will coming riding over the hill at the last moment.
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