• Politics/Culture

    Infected by Trump Derangement Syndrome

    If only we would all just get off his back and let him govern, we are told. The poor man is besieged on every side, the jackals of the press circling and sniping, relentless in their bare-teethed aggression. Behind them, 68 million aggrieved and unyielding Clinton voters, unwilling to accept the verdict of the electoral college, criticizing his every breath and utterance. Unfair and unprecedented, we are told, the president himself shaping the narrative of his terrible victimization. This is the single greatest witch hunt of a politician in American history! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 18, 2017 Poor…

  • Politics/Culture - Religion

    A Few Notes on Paddling and Faith

    Reader David Moriah wrote a heartfelt comment in response to my previous post on “Is the Center No Longer Holding?” I offer it to you here as a prelude to a brief meditation of my own, because I believe, among the various important points he raised, none is more vital and literally noteworthy for our time than the implications of the “faith” that he sketches with the powerful imagery that he does. His comment in full: “I have reached a stage in my life and amidst the accelerating centrifugal forces at loose on the planet when I surrender to my inability to…