A war briefing is not a pulpit. The Pentagon is not a church. And Pete Hegseth is not a minister of anything except the art of humiliation — his own, the military’s, and now, apparently, the Lord’s. On Thursday, at what was supposed to be an update on the ongoing U.S. military campaign against Iran, […]
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It is Easter weekend in America. The churches are full. The story is told again, as it has been told for two thousand years, of a crowd given a choice. Pilate asked them. He stood before the assembled people and offered them what custom demanded: one man freed, one man condemned. He presented two: a […]
A Lie That Had to Invent Its Audience
Modern political lies rarely travel solo. They arrive accessorized with a happy crowd of fools ready to believe. The story circulating about Gavin Newsom and his interview with Andre Dickens, the mayor of Atlanta, is a perfect specimen. Newsom told a “largely Black audience” that he was just like them because he did poorly on […]
It is too common a scenario. They come at night, because daylight invites witnesses. The officers move through the neighborhood with practiced ease. Potential areas to investigate have been noted in advance. The orders are clear, the papers are already signed. This is not a search. It is a hunt. The illegal runs when he […]
Every anniversary of January 6 arrives with the same demand: forget what you saw. Forget the broken windows of the United States Capitol.Forget the chants that rose like smoke inside the halls of power.Forget the officers crushed against doors, beaten with poles, sprayed, stomped, hunted.Forget the dead. Instead, we are offered a bedtime story. It […]
There are two horrible stories this week. Two stories separated by a thousand miles but driven by the same engine: a government drunk on its own authority and a political movement cheering it on like spectators at a public stoning. The first story comes from Dilley, Texas. Under President Trump, ICE’s family detention regime has […]
Marjorie Taylor Greene is once again making the rounds with her “I have regrets” routine, a performance of reflection, gentleness, and Christian humility that materializes only when she’s politically cornered. She thinks we’ve forgotten. She thinks we don’t keep receipts. She thinks we’ll believe her simply because she whispers Jesus like it’s a magic word […]
There is a particular kind of contempt in America that makes my blood boil. It isn’t the kind that comes from hate. Hate is at least honest. It’s the kind that comes from smugness, that quiet moral sneer reserved for those who rely on government assistance to eat, to live, to keep the lights on. […]
The first duty of a public servant is moral clarity. When people under your banner praise Adolf Hitler, joke about gas chambers, and indulge in racial and antisemitic filth, the only acceptable response is condemnation—swift, unequivocal, and total. Instead, JD Vance chose to sneer. When reporters uncovered a torrent of vile messages from the Young […]
I grieved when I saw the footage. I did not like Charlie Kirk. I despised his politics, his methods, and the damage he caused. But watching him gunned down on a college campus filled me with horror. No one deserves that. Not him, not anyone. To see a man murdered for exercising his right to […]