On Veteran’s Day, November 11, 2023, Donald Trump crossed the line. In his Claremont, New Hampshire speech, he said: “We pledge to you that we will root out the communists, Marxists, fascists and the radical left thugs that live like vermin within the confines of our country that lie and steal and cheat on elections.”
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Biblical history dating back to 1450 BC and World history have revealed that all great kingdoms and empires have fallen. Biblical history described their great nations, as kingdoms or empires. World history chose to call their nations empires as well. Biblical and World history were extremely bloody periods.
When asked if we believe in miracles, the resounding answer for Christians is undeniably yes. When we embrace the miracle of the virgin birth performed by our Lord and Savior, why doubt His ability to perform miracles on earth today?
Thanks to 20th century aquariums and marine theme parks, orcas – also known as killer whales – are the most iconic whales in America. When the public learned their captivity involved torture, orca shows disappeared from those parks, as they should have. Now there are signs that certain groups of orcas could disappear entirely.
It seems more relevant than ever, as innocent blood flows in the wars being waged by military-political bureaucracies across the planet. How many more stunned facial expressions will I see on YouTube, of parents who have just lost their children, their spouse, their siblings?
The Israel – Palestine conflict (which includes Gaza) has captured the recent attention of the Western World and there are so many dimensions to this problem, that it cannot be fully explored in any one book, let alone a short column.
War Is Over If You Want It
“Today, conservatives across the region believe there’s more to be won obstructing climate policies alongside the hard right than supporting them. In part, this shift in European conservatism is a response to a vibrant hard right that has managed to tie climate legislation to effete, urban liberals.”
Unless we conduct our analysis in a trauma-informed fashion, we cannot find just and sustainable solutions, nor can we manage to make much sense while acting at the surficial frothy level, where the bloody business is triggering everyone.
When Swedish mechanics working for Tesla walked off the job in late October, their action may not have seemed consequential to most Americans. But, by way of contrast, these workers now powerfully remind us not only of some of the most glaring defects of American labor relations, but also of pathways that can return the U.S. to a greater measure of economic equality and labor justice.