Operator: Hello, this is Theology 911. What is your theological emergency? Aunt Mabel: Oh, thank heaven. OMG it’s so awful! Operator: Yes, ma’am. Please ma’am, are you in danger? Aunt Mabel: I sure am, sonny. It’s the guns. And it’s not just me. Please send a SWAT team to my house right away, or it … Continue reading A Theological Emergency that’s part real & part satire. Can you tell the difference?
A quick followup to the July 28th post, “Why nonviolent protests are smarter, even/especially today”. The point, to reiterate, was that lots of academic & private polling research, plus my own movement experience, confirms the idea that nonviolent protests move public opinion in a progressive direction, while violent demonstrations nudge it toward the reactionary right, … Continue reading Stick to Nonviolence: A Followup
One of the less useful of the recent media tempests involved a report about the fate of David Shor, a somewhat lefty data analyst. Shor had tweeted a summary of a paper by Princeton scholar Omar Wasow. Wasow argued that his research on 12 years of Black-led protests, particularly in election years, moved public opinion … Continue reading Why nonviolent protests are smarter, even/especially today
The internet is a mystifying thing: emails can go round and round, and some end up in my inbox that have been many other places on their electronic journey. One such came yesterday, and it is germane to the current issues roiling SAYMA (Southern Appalachian yearly Meeting & Association). It is no less than the … Continue reading Exclusive: The SAYMA Enemies List; and Two More Minutes
A Brief Editorial: Mr. Bob Unanue, president of Goya Foods, doesn’t quite get it. He’s catching hell since visiting the White House and fawning over the president, talking about how we are “blessed” that his mainly Latino customers have a president who built his political rise on denigrating them in so many ways: building walls, … Continue reading Goya is Hearing from its customers. But is it getting the message?