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A Hannukah Surprise
Of Hannuka and the Ojibwe It was a treat to open Al Jazeerah this morning and read about Anton Treuer and his fight , very much in the spirit of the Maccabees, to restore his people’s heritage. I was so excited, I called Anton. How fine it is on the day of memory of our […][...]
Catholic bishops forget that Biden is President-elect, not Pope-elect
This article contains news and liberal commentary. Joe Biden is about to become America’s second Catholic president. JFK was the first, and when Kennedy ran for president in 1960, his religion was controversial because some people worried electing him would put the Church in charge of our gove[...]
What a Trumper thinks of Biden voters
The author of this Facebook post (photo below) was a dean and professor of business at a private college, Virginia Wesleyan University, but no longer works there. Read story here and here. As for me, a Biden voter, if this man has any standards I’d like to know what they are, because the man h[...]
Paula White’s rant for the ages (video)
Don’t miss this classic rant by Trump’s spiritual adviser! Question, though: Is God on her side? She isn’t the first person to blithely make that assumption (details here). Return to The-Ave.US Home Page[...]
Only 26 years for this senseless murder?
A Kansas City judge sentenced Curtrail Hudson, 20, to 26 years in prison for this: A jury found Hudson guilty in February of second-degree murder and five other charges in the April 2018 shooting that killed 38-year-old Xindong Hao. “Hao arrived in the city with his wife and four young childre[...]
Bigotry crusader shot down in Supreme Court
Kim Davis, bigotry crusader, was shot down again in the U.S. Supreme on Monday, October 5, 2020 (read story here), with some whining by two homophobic justices, after having been shot down by voters in the 2018 election (read about that here) after switching parties because the Democrats aren’[...]
Report: Trump mocks evangelicals behind their backs
Trump counts evangelicals among his staunchest supporters, but mocks them behind their backs. Asked about it, a White House flack said, “The president is … well known for joking and his terrific sense of humor.” Huh??? Trump has a sense of humor? Trump refers to evangelical leader[...]
Was this killing morally justified?
I’m asking this philosophically, not as a legal question. Facts: Five high school pals broke into a vacant rental house at 1 a.m. to party. A neighbor called 911, and they fled when the cops came. When 2 of them climbed over the neighbor’s backyard fence, the neighbor’s husband, wa[...]