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Quote from President Abraham Lincoln. Artwork by Audrey N. Glickman, used with permission.
On January 6, 2021, as the armed insurgent hordes invaded the legislative branch of the federal government of the United States, my first inclination was to reach out to the members of Congress, for they had just joined the club comprising those who have been cornered, pursued, trapped, and attacked for no good reason. But before I could write any notes, it became apparent that some of those members of Congress still refused to accept or even try to understand what was happening.
Our way of life requires the 1st Amendment (especially today)
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We in the USA live between two loud arguments. On the one side are those on the Left who think anyone with a reliigious faith or wants to use a religious faith ought to be banned from the public square, and on the other side those on the Right who think the USA is a Christian Nation and they want to take America back for God.
Major names come into this discussion – Thomas Jefferson and Roger Williams.
The discussion is not so much a flashpoint today as it is in need of a reminder, and Randall Balmer’s new book,
The most insipid, meaningless, out of context scriptural reference ever: Bidens inauguration speech deciphered
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January 30, 2021
As a university media and communication professor, I have spent much time critiquing public speaking assignments. So, I thought I would make an attempt to apply my experience here, gleaning what I can from our new presidents opening remarks, prodding through what I heard as a circuitous diatribe of New Speak.
As we enter into life with this new administration, I will attempt to understand where we are being led. In my role as a professor, I regularly critique student speeches, presenting counter arguments, questioning inferences etc. I stress objective research on their part, a point that seems to have escaped many Americans these days.
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And Washington, D.C., looms large in their struggle.
January 15, 2021
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“Leave all snacks on the bus!” our guide shouted over the intercom as we readied ourselves to go through security at the U.S. Capitol a few years ago.
“What about my gun?” a man in the back called out, prompting laughter from us all.
That he had brought his gun wasn’t surprising. I was with a busload of white conservative Christians who had come to D.C. from all over the country to learn a Christian nationalist interpretation of the history of the United States. They loved the Second Amendment almost as much as the First. The man reluctantly disarmed and disembarked with the rest of us, and we began the trek up Capitol Hill. What followed was a series of indignities that made most of the group long for the pre-9/11 days when visitors could simply walk into the Capitol and wander the halls of power at will. This was, after all, their house.