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You can’t go home again, but you can’t leave either
A gay Christian writes about returning to his fundamentalist Baptist roots to share his story–rather than debate “issues.”
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“I hate the government” is not a coherent ideology
I’m not a libertarian, but libertarians do have some decent ideas, and if they followed the advice in this article they might have a better shot at implementing some of them.
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“Lord who saves man and beast”
Lord, your unfailing love reaches to the heavens, your faithfulness to the skies. Your righteousness is like the lofty mountains, your justice like the great deep; Lord who saves man and beast, how precious is your unfailing love! – Ps. 36:5-6 (Revised English Version)
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Jean Kazez’s philosophy and animal ethics blog
I just came across the solo blog of philospher Jean Kazez, whose posts at Talking Philosophy I’ve always enjoyed greatly. Prof. Kazez also has a new book on animal ethics that looks to be well worth reading. Germane to some recent discussions here, she has two posts on the vegetarianism vs. veganism debate that are…
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Haiti
A collection of links on donating, etc. here (including trustworthy organizations like the Red Cross, Doctors without Borders, and Oxfam). Lutheran World Relief is also accepting donations (see here).
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What’s wrong with the filibuster
The clearest case I’ve seen for why a de facto supermajority requirement for passing ordinary legislation is wrong, undemocratic, and unconstitutional.
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Why health care reform has the shape it does
Paul Krugman, explaining how the various pieces of the health-care reform bill tie together and why splitting it into discrete measures wouldn’t work. (E.g., requiring insurance companies not to deny coverage implies the need for an individual mandate and subsidies.)
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Saturday morning Southern-style tofu fry-up
I’m in the process of making this recipe for crispy tofu with bourbon BBQ sauce, and it promises to be delicious. I found a helpful tutorial on frying tofu here. And I’m using Bulleit Bourbon for the sauce, a spicy bourbon with a fairly high rye content. Yum!
A Thinking Reed 