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.
Two weeks plus two days til the ignoble end of the torture show “24.” As it prepares to depart, let’s take a moment to recognize New Yorker writer Jane Mayer. No journalist has done more than she to expose both the criminal reality of US torture, and the impact of “24” on both the reality … Continue reading “24” Finale Countdown: 16 Days to Go
So I’m walking through the Wal-Mart parking lot the other day – (Yeah, I shop there. Whadda ya think — I live in one of your university-hugging, professional middle class greeny suburbs? This is army town, no time for that fluff. We had two Supercenters when I got here; now there’s five. Whole Foods & … Continue reading American War Christianity & Quaker Ecumenism
So I’m out and about Thursday, trying to be a Christian (Matthew 25:36 variety), by visiting a friend who’s got some issues. And when I arrive at the door to his place, there’s this notice on the door. Seems they’ve got a dress code: