Culture Warriors category archive
Establishmentarians 0
Disestablishmentarian readers of The Denver Post weigh in on the threat posed by establitarianism.
(I have so wanted to use “disestablishmentarian” in a post.)
To Live in the Past 0
Thom looks back in time and finds context.
“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes”* 0
Now comes Charles Dew, writing at the Tampa Bay Times, documenting an echo.
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*Mark Twain.
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
Clarence Page decodes de code.
Republican Thought Police 0
At AL.com, John Archibald looks at a bill currently being deliberated (I use that term very loosely) by the Alabama legislature (another term I use very loosely) and wonders
Could a librarian be arrested for shelving the Bible where minors can find it?
Follow the link to see what led him to ask such a question.
Republican Thought Police 0
Heaven forbic that students be exposed to knowledge.
The New Believer 0
F. T. Rea has a question:
Why has Donald Trump recently decided to become an unabashed, self-styled religious figure?
He also has some answers.
They’re at the link.
Establishmentarians and Originalist Sin 0
Chris Satullo argues that those who try to interpret the U. S. Constitution through the lens of a literal interpretation of Christian Bible ignore nuance, history, and context. Using some of the statements of Speaker of the House Mike Johnson as a starting point, he notes the following (emphasis added):
Yet, somehow, the Bible and the Constitution never seem to contradict what Mike was already fixing to do.
(snip)
The fundamentalist/originalist view that the text is inerrant and fixed in meaning – and that you have mastered that meaning – leads to some pitfalls.
Follow the link for a detailed and thoughtful parsing of pitfalls.
Republican Family Values 0
At Above the Law, Liz Dye follows the money.
Oink! Oink! 0
As much as the thought displeases me, methinks a convincing case can be made that (at least some) men are pigs, especially when you can hear them oinking in their own words.
The Blame Gamer 0
Afterthought:
“Woke” is worn out; “DEI” is the new proxy for “n-word.”