Category Archives: Daily Links and Notes

Some Ontario Churches Lament Synod 2016’s decisions on SSM

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“Divided by Race, United by Pain”

Frank Bruni NYTimes

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Charles Blow “A Week From Hell”

NYTimes We must see all unwarranted violence for what it is: A corrosion of culture. I know well that when people speak of love and empathy and honor in the face of violence, it can feel like meeting hard power … Continue reading →

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Micah Johnson in Dallas

NYTimes

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Dallas Police Shooting Demands Calm Debate | National Review

http://www.nationalreview.com/article/437625/dallas-police-shooting-demands-calm-debate

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Douthat: “Are we unraveling?”

NYTimes

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James Baldwin “How much time do you want, for your ‘progress'”?

HT Freddie deBoer: There is no such thing as history Tomorrow a cop could come up and shoot me and get away with it. That’s what we all have to deal with. But the odds would be vastly higher of … Continue reading →

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You Married the Wrong Person

NYTimes ht Galli Report This philosophy of pessimism offers a solution to a lot of distress and agitation around marriage. It might sound odd, but pessimism relieves the excessive imaginative pressure that our romantic culture places upon marriage. The failure of … Continue reading →

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Jonathan Chait “It is not 1968”

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MLK Jr. “Violence Never brings peace”

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