My Letter to Sen. Bayh re: Lieberman

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Friday November 14, 2008 · 6:57 PM PST

2008/11/14 · 18:57

As I've recently had the great fortune of moving to the Hoosier state just in time to ensure that it turned blue, I find myself with an interesting opportunity to bend the ear of our Democratic Senator, Evan Bayh. As has been amply documented here and here, Sen. Bayh has been reluctant to agree to stripping Lieberman of his chairmanship of the Senate Homeland Security Committee immediately (if ever). Below the fold is my letter to Sen. Bayh.

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Monday March 05, 2007 · 9:39 AM PST

2007/03/05 · 09:39

This is the question explored in an excellent article by Robin Marantz Henig in this Sunday's New York Times Magazine.

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Thursday December 21, 2006 · 8:03 AM PST

2006/12/21 · 08:03

Yesterday I sent a letter to my Congressman Virgil Goode in response to his letter to his constituents about the dangers of allowing Muslims into this country and electing Muslims to Congress. Thought y'all might enjoy taking a look:

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Tuesday October 03, 2006 · 4:55 PM PDT

2006/10/03 · 16:55

The American Academy of Religion is reporting that the United States government has denied a visa to renowned Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan, currently Professor of Islamic Studies and Senior Research Fellow at St. Antony's College (Oxford). Read More

Catch-22

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Wednesday September 27, 2006 · 8:17 PM PDT

2006/09/27 · 20:17

I've been re-reading Joseph Heller's brilliant Catch-22 this week. I haven't read it in at least 10 years, and it is blowing me away. I've been earmarking some pages with particularly relevant (I might also say eerily relevant) passages, but one just hit me square in the gut.

Chaplain A. T. Tappman has just checked himself into the hospital with a case of "Wisconsin shingles" (which do not exist, of course), and he is thrilled with his powers of deception. In the passage that follows, Heller could be describing any number of Bush's inner circle.

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A Trench Around Baghdad

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Friday September 15, 2006 · 4:22 PM PDT

2006/09/15 · 16:22

According to the New York Times, the Iraqi government is planning to seal off Baghdad next month. That's right - they are sealing off the entire city.

A series of trenches will be dug around the city and a series of 28 checkpoints will be erected along the main roads leading into the city. Smaller roads will be closed. Read More

First Rabbis Ordained in Germany since WWII

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Thursday September 14, 2006 · 11:26 AM PDT

2006/09/14 · 11:26

The New York Times is reporting that the first rabbis have been ordained in Germany since 1942 when the Nazis destroyed Berlin's College of Jewish Studies.

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Tuesday August 29, 2006 · 3:34 PM PDT

2006/08/29 · 15:34

It appears that Scooter Libby's research team has done its homework.

Libby's team has recently contacted Daniel L. Schacter, Professor of Psychology at Harvard and the nation's leading authority on the phenomenon of false memory. Read More

Ask a Theologian

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Wednesday August 02, 2006 · 8:43 AM PDT

2006/08/02 · 08:43

I may regret doing this, but here goes!

Over at Street Prophets a few months ago we had a lot of fun with a series of "Ask a..." diaries (Ask a Quaker, Ask a UU, Ask a Wiccan, Ask a Lutheran, etc.), and I thought it might be interesting to start a similar conversation here at Daily Kos. Read More

AU's Guide to the Religious Right

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Sunday July 30, 2006 · 11:00 AM PDT

2006/07/30 · 11:00

The single greatest threat to church-state separation in America is the movement known as the Religious Right. Organizations and leaders representing this religio-political crusade seek to impose a fundamentalist Christian viewpoint on all Americans through government action. (AU's Guide to the Religious Right)

We are all aware of the continued threat to our secular democracy posed by the Religious Right, and now we have a new resource for education and activism. Americans United for the Separation of Church and State has just published a guide to the Religious Right, a wonderful collection of online resources on the various movements and leaders of the radical Religious Right. The home page for this resource is available here. Read More

This Would Be Hilarious If It Weren't Serious...

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Friday July 28, 2006 · 8:20 AM PDT

2006/07/28 · 08:20

Some of my most entertaining reading comes out of my hometown newspaper, especially the Editorial page, which usually serves as a message board for Kool-Aid drinkers.

Last week's paper arrived and I was not disappointed. Under the headline "President Deserves Our Support," I read one of the most hilarious LTEs I've ever seen. Unfortunately, this man is serious. For your reading pleasure, I give you... Cowboy-in-Chief!! Read More

Deconstructing the Dominionists, Part VI

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Thursday July 27, 2006 · 4:18 PM PDT

2006/07/27 · 16:18

Welcome to this sixth installment of my series on the Dominionists. As we have seen in the previous installments, the Dominionists desire nothing less than an American theocracy, the application of biblical law to every aspect of American society and government.

In this installment we will consider another essay by Thomas Wang, the editor of the booklet America, Return to God!. This essay, entitled "Ambush Alert: The Barbarians are Here" traces the history of America's spiritual decline through the great intellectual movements of the past 600 years, framed in the context of the cosmic battle between God and Satan.

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My Letter to Virgil Goode

US Denies Visa to Islamic Scholar

Catch-22

A Trench Around Baghdad

First Rabbis Ordained in Germany since WWII

The Scooter Libby Trial and False Memory

Ask a Theologian

AU's Guide to the Religious Right

This Would Be Hilarious If It Weren't Serious...

Deconstructing the Dominionists, Part VI