Chris Hedges has been there. A war correspondent for many years, he carries a burden of closely-observed horror for which the term PTSD pales. You can see it in the hollows around his eyes. Chris Hedges has also been through hell with religion. He’s not “religious” now in any conventional sense. Yet he’s not “anti-religious” … Continue reading Dog Days Weekend Read: Hear The War Prophet: Chris Hedges
Found a link on Facebook today to this article from the Toronto Star: How Canada’s Christian right was built It’s by Marci McDonald, a multiple award-winning Canadian journalist, and author of new book, “The Armageddon Factor: The Rise of Christian Nationalism In Canada” a new book about the rising influence of the Canadian version of … Continue reading Northern Exposure: The Religious Right Is Rising In Canada
I’m mindful today of all the moms left behind at home while US troops are in combat zones. Many of them have their say in my 100-page collection of photographs from Camp Lejeune, MC, a big Marine base near here.
This blog post is a mistake, or reflects one: In my phone calendar, January 20 is listed as writer Annie Dillard’s birthday. But that’s a mistake. Dillard will turn 78, deo volente, on April 30. Today is, well, just today. But in many of the theologies Dillard does not believe in, there are no mistakes. … Continue reading Annie Dillard: The Writer Closest to God?
Wow! The 2011 baseball All-Star game is currently scheduled to be played in the Arizona Diamondbacks’ stadium. But with passage of the state’s new anti-immigrant law, there are now calls for baseball to move the game. Seems the NFL jerked its All-Star match from the state back in the 90s, when AZ was hoilding …out … Continue reading Holy Ty Cobb, Batman — That Ballplayer Looks Suspicious . . .