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Linkery
A smattering of links for a Friday afternoon. Elliot at Claw of the Conciliator writes on a recent meeting with everyone’s favorite sectarian tribalist theologian, giving rise to the perennial question: Kooky cults – good or bad? Faith and Theology: Ten Propositions on Karl Barth. Russell Arben Fox offers some theses on the midterm elections.…
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Pithy goodness
Have you ever found a good blog because you were impressed with something its proprietor said in a comment thread elsewhere and clicked through? Well, this morning I found Pith and Substance, whose owner goes by the name “PithLord” (one of the better handles in the blogosphere it has to be said). He appears to…
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Post election day thoughts
In light of the November massacre of 2006, here’s what I wrote back in August about rooting for the Dems: For me, a vote for Democrats this fall (and possibly in 2008) would be, more than anything else, a vote for a check on the policies of the Bush Administration. The last six years have…
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Praying with St. Francis
The venerable Massachusetts Bible Society bookstore in downtown Boston is closing its doors next month, and, consequently, they’re selling off their stock at discounted rates. Despite what the name might seem to imply, the MBS is actually something of a “progressive” Christian outfit. Anyway, I was in there yesterday and picked up a copy of…
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Arizonans against animal cruelty
Obviously I don’t live in Arizona, but this strikes me as quite a worthwhile measure. UPDATE: Looks like this won handily. Go, Arizona!
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Election day!
Russell Arben Fox on why he, as a social traditionalist with progressive economic views, is endorsing the Democrats. Jim Henley advises us to vote on the principle of punishing the wicked. Matthew Yglesias and Alan Bock both doubt much will change even if the Dems take Congress, at least in foreign policy matters. I duly…
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Abortion – can the moral issue be avoided?
Amy Sullivan, who has carved out something of a niche covering liberal and progressive Christians, has an interesting article at the New Republic on the candidacy of anti-abortion Democrat Bill Ritter, who appears to have a good shot at winning the governor’s race in Colorado. Ritter, a Catholic, opposes abortion but seems to take a…
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Guilty pleasure of the week
The “Best of the Monkees” CD my parents sent me as an early birthday present. As it happens, my very first music cassette (yes, Virginia, there used to be these things called cassettes) was a Monkees collection from Rhino that I got sometime in middle school. I used to love the TV show which I…
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Oh, come on!
You can’t tell me that some dumb crack John Kerry – who, incidentally, isn’t standing for election – made is really among the serious issues facing the republic. This is really scraping the bottom of the barrel, folks.
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Power corrupts…
A lecture on Lord Acton by church historian Owen Chadwick. Just something I came across somewhat randomly.
