Tom Murphy
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"Culture might seem a less consequential right than due process or free assembly. Its infringement makes less spectacular news than police action, protests, or Washington partisanship. In this way, the gross repeal of a right that took decades to build is at risk of going unreported."
How to Protect Your Right to Culture
The United States government’s coordinated repeal of the right to culture has grave consequences for the texture of our daily lives. But there are ways to fight back.
hyperallergic.com
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Pope Leo at General Audience: Hope “does not mean thinking in an optimistic way: often optimism lets us down, causing our expectations to implode, whereas hope promises and fulfills.” www.vatican.va/content/leo-...
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"How did we arrive at the point where untrained, masked government agents, accountable to no one but the president and his henchmen, pepper spray a priest with impunity? How, in less than a year, has America been so utterly transformed?"
How Did We Get Here?
What led us to a world in which pastors get pepper-sprayed in the face?
open.substack.com
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henryghenrik.bsky.social
In the US we have a constitutional right to freedom of speech as well as a poetic license to be a goofball.
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mobydickatsea.bsky.social
It’s only his outside; a man can be honest in any sort of skin.
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richraho.bsky.social
Statement of Cardinal Cupich on the Moral Imperative to Uphold Both Security and Human Dignity.
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ICYMI: “And now, a response from the leader of the frog resistance...” 🐸 🎵 #Colbert
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editorialboard.bsky.social
There’s a reason we all feel crazy. Orwell knew it.
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History faculty at Columbia & Barnard decrying the harassment of @mark-bray.bsky.social: "This is the first case in recent memory of a historian who has fled the country after receiving death threats on account of the history that they teach."
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Yes, we indeed have a serious problem.
A tweet by Robert Reich reads:
“The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion. The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion. Read that back. When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.”
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Let us translate Mike Johnson's comments about Obamacare for you www.meidasplus.com/p/today-in-p...
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"He was uninterested in political partisanship or economic trends. He did not find rural America’s salvation in carving it into sprawling suburbs and exurbs. He took accurate and deeply uncomfortable positions ..."
Essays From West of 98: Reading Wendell, Part 1
Exploring West of 98's influences with a Wendell Berry reading list
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“The leadership in the Catholic Church and the Catholic bishops in the United States, since at least the mid-’90s had a very conservative bent to them. So what we try to do in our work is to be a credible Catholic voice to support pro-LGBTQ initiatives.”
National Magazines Feature Work of New Ways Ministry, Part 1 - New Ways Ministry
“Religion helps people realize their responsibility to other human beings on this planet.”
www.newwaysministry.org
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"Freedom of speech has a point. It is there so people can speak truth to power. Often that truth is spoken first by young people. What student protestors said about a cease-fire early became the mainstream about eighteen months later."
Gaza and Protest
Why freedom of speech matters
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"Stephen Miller and America First Legal are trying to get the Election Assistance Commission to require proof of citizenship in order to register to vote. ... This rule could prevent 21 million people from registering."
Trump Refines His message.
And thanks you for your attention to this matter.. . .
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"You can see why painting appealed to her. It parallels the work of a writer. How do you describe a scene? What detail do you focus on first? What is the exact shade of that bull?"
Flannery O’Connor’s artistic visions
Flannery O’Connor’s drawings, cartoons and paintings offer another way to take the measure of a woman who took the measure of our souls.
www.americamagazine.org
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