Politics

What Would Jesus Do? – Gun Edition

Byhenry January 9, 2011

From Christian Girl at College, who has been writing an impressive number of great posts. I disagree with this one, but I think we should look and think. See my thoughts on personal gun ownership here.

Christianity | Politics

I’d Like to See an End to Christian Politics
Byhenry October 27, 2016
When I first set out to join a United Methodist congregation, I asked the pastor for definitive information on United Methodist beliefs. With much trepidation, he provided me with a United Methodist Discipline. I read the first hundred or so pages, not being too interested in the details of the church’s committee structures, including the…
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A Bad Detention Bill
Byhenry April 1, 2010
I agree with Ed Brayton’s comments on the Enemy Belligerent, Interrogation, Detention, and Prosecution Act of 2010.
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Politics | War

Iran and the Iraq War
Byhenry January 30, 2007
And now the third in a series of short posts–an unprecedented attack of brevity for me! I’ve been saying “Iran” over and over again as the war in Iraq was first contemplated and then executed. An article today in the Washington Post talks about the influence of Iran and the fears, entirely justified in my…
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Christianity | Ethics | Politics

Larry Craig, Family Values, and Hypocrisy
Byhenry September 1, 2007
I generally try to avoid scandal stories about celebrities, though I’m much more often tempted to read, listen, and comment when they involve political figures. Listening to the arrest interview tape of Senator Larry Craig was an interesting experience. I was immediately struck by how naive I am at age 50. None of the conversation…
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Measuring Media Fairness
Byhenry November 13, 2008
A corollary of the fundamental idea of a free market is caveat emptor, let the buyer beware. I look at that from a slightly different angle than usual, not as an indictment of the free market, but rather as a statement of its driving force–the decisions of buyers. As a buyer, you vote every day…
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Boycott BP – Maybe Not!
Byhenry August 5, 2010
I live on the Gulf Coast, but I’ve continued to go to BP gas stations. Yes, I deplore what has happened, and the negligence involved, though I think our national push for more and cheaper oil is an underlying cause of the problem. But I hadn’t blogged about it. Allan Bevere did so on his…
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