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Are We Really a Center-Right Nation?
August 23, 2012
The other day I was startled by a daydream. Somebody I didn’t recognize was making a speech. I was told that this chap was a far left radical whose notions took him way beyond America’s mainstream. Some folks even held that he was a communist. Read more »
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On Being Out and About
August 16, 2012
For the last two months my wife and I have been out and about. On purpose I have been without radio, TV, email, internet, newspapers or even much conversation about what has been going on in the political world. I needed to see the world ... Read more »
A Wake-Up Call
July 10, 2012
Ronald Reagan often referred to the U.S. as a “shining city on the hill … the last best hope for mankind.” To the idealist, there was the presumption of fairness and equality in that portrait of America. Fast forward three decades and the question is, ... Read more »
The Great American Treachery
June 12, 2012
Over the last three years, the rest of the world cheered America. The rest of the world wanted this nation, under the leadership of its first African American president, to succeed. People around the world were practically euphoric over the prospect of an America willing ... Read more »
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Two Notions of Society
June 7, 2012
While it might seem that the political division in the United States is between Democrats and Republicans, underlying these designations are social philosophies. The real division is between two competing notions of culture. The perspectives of political parties are only an outgrowth of differing ways ... Read more »
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“Religion, Ethics and Social Practice” With 20 Amazing College Students
May 31, 2012
This past semester, my wife and I were enrolled in Religion, Ethics and Social Practice — a class composed of 20 undergraduates and 10 elders. This academic opportunity was part of the curriculum offered by the college’s department of religious studies. While we sign up ... Read more »
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