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June 2021

June 23, 2021

And the funny thing is it has no end

Scot McKnight ate his Wheaties. Plus: The retail exodus, a packaging pet-peeve, and articles that...

March 2021

March 19, 2021

Still it would not be enough

Most American workers believe they earn what they're paid. That does not mean they're paid...

March 10, 2021

Smart people saying smart things (3.10.21)

We'd all be smart to heed these words from Kristin Du Mez, Austin Channing Brown,...

March 05, 2021

Postcards from the class & culture wars (3.5.21)

"Those who want to be rich fall into temptation and are trapped by many senseless...

February 2021

February 14, 2021

Postcards from the class & culture wars (2.14.21)

"Look! The wages you failed to pay the workers who mowed your fields are crying...

January 2021

January 22, 2021

Gravity always wins

At the age of 16, going on 17, Liesl von Trapp was already wiser than...

December 2020

December 30, 2020

Smart people saying smart things (12.30.20)

Be smart and give a listen to David Dark, Charlie Dates, Elizabeth Jemison, Rebecca Solnit,...

May 2020

May 06, 2020

Happy Birthday, Tricia

"I'm fighting for you, and a blue-eyed Jesus America first The rest get the pieces"

April 2020

April 23, 2020

Life during wartime (this ain’t no disco)

We're approaching 1,000 confirmed cases here in Chester County, with more than 60 dead. But...

March 2020

March 19, 2020

Postcards from the class & culture wars (3.19.20)

"Truly I tell you, just as you did not do it to one of the...

June 2019

June 20, 2019

Spread your arms and hold your breath

What does the cross mean? Not much, Justice Alito says. It's just an obscure sentiment...

February 2019

February 20, 2019

Postcards from the class & culture wars (2.20.19)

"Woe to you who make iniquitous decrees, who write oppressive statutes, to turn aside the...

January 2019

January 24, 2019

Postcards from the class & culture wars (1.24.19)

"He has told you, O mortal, what is good; and what does the Lord require...

December 2018

December 04, 2018

Why isn’t Jeffrey Epstein in prison?

Larry Nassar and Jerry Sandusky will spend the rest of their lives in prison. Jeffrey...

November 2018

November 29, 2018

Postcards from the class & culture wars (11.29.18)

"You shall not wrong or oppress a resident alien, for you were aliens in the...

September 2018

September 25, 2018

Not everyone can carry the weight of the world

Remembering the Sabbath -- and the Mill Girls and other exploited workers who fought to...

September 19, 2018

Liberty University’s hero ‘prophet’ eager for Trump to declare martial law

The average cost of attending Liberty University, after financial aid, is $24,000 a year. Four...

August 2018

August 01, 2018

Postcards from the class & culture wars (8.1.18)

"You have dishonored the poor. Is it not the rich who oppress you? Is it...

May 2018

May 28, 2018

Postcards from the class & culture wars (5.28.18)

"Love your neighbor as yourself. Love does no wrong to a neighbor; therefore, love is...

May 17, 2018

What the world needs now

If you were hoping for a brand new religious-right direct-mail fundraising racket run by Johnnie...

April 2018

April 26, 2018

‘If no one asks, then no one answers’

"Others in the room balked. One longtime leader of an evangelical umbrella group said that...

April 17, 2018

Smart people saying smart things (4.17.18)

Jason Fagone, Bryan Stevenson, Anthony Fowler, Nikole Hannah-Jones, and Abraham Lincoln.

April 12, 2018

Postcards from the class and culture wars (4.12.18)

"But you have dishonored the poor. Is it not the rich who oppress you? Is...

April 05, 2018

The unauthorized autobiography of a ‘faith-based’ auteur

Two perspectives on the "God's Not Dead" movies and the Christian-brand business that produces them....

April 04, 2018

Postcards from the class and culture wars (4.4.18)

"Come now, you rich people, weep and wail for the miseries that are coming to...

January 2018

January 24, 2018

Postcards from the class and culture wars (1.24.18)

"The commandments, are summed up in this word, 'Love your neighbor as yourself.' Love does...

January 15, 2018

Postcards from the class and culture wars (1.15)

"We know through painful experience that freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it...

January 01, 2018

Postcards from the class and culture wars (1.1.18)

"Has not God chosen the poor in the world to be rich in faith and...

November 2017

November 16, 2017

Christmas [stuff]

The Christmas stuff starts arriving in early September. It has to because shortly after that,...

October 2017

October 17, 2017

John Henry and Universal Health Care

"Muscular Christianity" is rooted in fear -- specifically in fear of the physically stronger, and...