To Comfort The Afflicted
And Afflict The Comfortable

To Comfort The Afflicted And Afflict The Comfortable

Sunday, May 5, 2024

Observercast

What Does It Really Mean To Be Pro-Life?

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Some are calling Donald Trump “the most pro-life president ever.” He’s definitely been anti-abortion. But he’s hardly pro-life. The “consistent life ethic” gets closer to the heart of what this means. Originating in the Catholic Church, it expands the pro-life concept to include opposition to capital punishment, humane treatment of immigrants and even the wearing […]

How The Right Rigs Elections

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Is it really so hard? Voting, I mean – smooth democratic elections with all citizens able to easily cast their ballots and with every ballot fairly counted. Is that too much for people to ask? After all, the mechanisms for assuring universal suffrage are well known, and the logistics are not exactly rocket science. Speaking […]

The Cult That’s Eating The GOP

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For a certain kind of Republican, it is hard to imagine anything worse than the party founded by Abraham Lincoln transmogrified into the party of Donald Trump. Some of those Republicans have openly abandoned the once Grand Old Party, while others quietly await a reform or restoration. Only a few have acknowledged so far that […]

Pandemic In The Plants

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Until recently, few people considered the sources of their meat. Then, a coronavirus walked into one after another of Meat Inc.’s humongous rural factories, where more than 90% of U.S. bacon, hamburger, chops, wings and other animal parts are processed. Within weeks, the industry’s business model – immense plants, side-by-side congestion, worker powerlessness and profit-driven […]

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, […]