Month: February 2005

Two steps forward, one step back . . .: “More concerning, he writes, is the religious right’s lack of concern for social issues such as poverty and racial justice, on top of ‘the appeals of the movement’s leaders to affluent self-interest over biblical imperatives. How did tax cuts for the rich become a religious imperative? Those blatant hypocrisies of the religious Right are becoming more and more evident, especially to a new generation of evangelical Christians.’ This new generation of evangelicals will be in good company with the gay community, who long ago caught on to the right’s penchant for Continue Reading →

I have been absent this web log. The demands of work and family have kept me away from the news of the day and when not working, I have avoided the computer.  This brings to mind the phenomenon of American culture where a voting populace is remarkably uninformed about issues and events. It will be interesting to watch as our society grows to see how this experiement in representative, elected government can survive with such a lack of importance placed on education.  When public education was discussed and presented, it was, at least in part, founded on this notion that Continue Reading →