To Comfort The Afflicted
And Afflict The Comfortable

To Comfort The Afflicted And Afflict The Comfortable

Thursday, April 25, 2024

Observercast

Stop Talking About Doomsday Scenarios For Election Night

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All this agonizing over what may happen if President Donald Trump tries to steal the election is highly annoying. It normalizes the idea that pure aggression can so easily steamroll the democratic process. Here are healthier assumptions for those who value a fair election: If Trump loses, he leaves the White House on Jan. 20, […]

Something Is Rotten At Big Meat Inc.

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Upton Sinclair’s landmark 1905 book, The Jungle, exposed the food contamination and worker exploitation hidden in the fetid stockyards and meatpacking plants of Chicago and other major American cities. The muckraking journalist dubbed the nasty and brutish meat factories “a monster … the Great Butcher … the spirit of capitalism made flesh.” The nauseating details […]

The Real America Is Not On Fire – It’s Sick

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The Kenosha, WI, police department immediately took the officer who shot Jacob Blake seven times off the streets, as city, state and federal officials investigate what happened. They also made a speedy arrest of the 17-year-old who is charged with shooting two demonstrators dead. Wedged between an incident of possible brutality against a black man […]

Let’s Be Honest: It Stinks

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There are moments when it all goes bad. I can barely even type the words. Nothing works. Everything you pick up breaks in your hands. Simple conversations, nothing conversations, escalate without either of you knowing why. The air is all wrong: too hot or too cold. Are you the only one who has mastered the […]

A Duty To Speak Up

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So far, nobody in the United States military, including those retired from service, has expressed great surprise over President Donald Trump’s alleged remarks about soldiers who made the ultimate sacrifice. Anger and disgust, yes, but not surprise. Given his record of disrespect toward those who have worn the uniform, the comments reported in The Atlantic […]