The Real Target of the U.S. Attack On Syria

The real target of the latest plan for U.S. aggression in the Middle East is not Syria--despite the fact that Syrians will be slaughtered by American bombs. The real target is, as always, Iran.

William Sloane Coffin, Jr.

In my late teens (sometime around 1977), I had the great fortune of seeing the Reverend William Sloane Coffin speak (and preach) about the Christian duty to promote social justice--for him the sine qua non of Christian being-in-the-world. Immediately afterwards, I read his inspiring memoir Once To Every Man:

I remember thinking it strange that he seemed to be an embattled figure among his fellow Christians: his message was not "preaching to the choir" by any means. Of course, since then, observing American Christianity (both Protestant and Catholic) lurch rightward politically and self-obsessed (evangelicalism) theologically, I have come to understand that Coffin was something of an anomaly.

Sic transit gloria mundi.

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Obama and the Egyptian massacre

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Not Good. Not Good At All.

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Colonialism 101

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Of Coups and Anti-Coups

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Eid Kareem!

Anti-Coup Eid Cookies.

Whatever You Do...

never let facts and reason interfere with bigoted fear-mongering.

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When you stop falling for it: 
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It's the Principle

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I Have Just One Question:

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