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A quieter conversation.Calm Thoughts about Common Interests
Here you’ll confront no alarming requests that the world is soon to end unless you send us money. You’ll hear no name-calling or judgment of the allegedly bad intentions of others. Instead, you’ll find some calm thoughts about interests we all have, and ways to pursue those interests most effectively. Everyone wants better schools, quality health care, good jobs, financial security, a government that’s not suspicious of them, and a host of other political interests. Let’s talk about how we can actually get those things.
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We forget much when we forget the Holocaust
A recent survey shows that many Americans either never learned or have forgotten much about the Holocaust. Many Americans don't know the full extent of the government slaughter, or they cannot say what Auschwitz was, or they don't know that Hitler became Chancellor...
THE RISE & DEMISE OF RACE
Disagree with anyone on any subject, for any reason, and it’s likely someone will accuse you of being racist.
Sunday Theology Funday: The fate of the serpent
Who is interesting in the story of the Garden of the Eden? And who is not?
Sunday Theology Funday: The Bible, Machiavelli, & glory
If the Bible suggests that glory and might, power and right, can all be the same thing at the same time, Machiavelli surely agrees.