All Posts for July, 2011

In the World

About Boehner's speech

Jul 26, 2011 by Steve Thorngate

In his combative response to President Obama's speech last night, House Speaker John Boehner offered an uncommonly crystalized rendition of an all too common bit of GOP nonsense.

Century Blogs

Monday digest

Jul 25, 2011 by Steve Thorngate

New today from the Century.

Blogging Toward Sunday

Struggle and blessing

Genesis 32:22–31

Jul 25, 2011 by Shawnthea Monroe

Recently, I learned that a young couple I know had filed for divorce after 18 months of marriage. By my calculations, they spent more time planning the wedding than being married.

From the CCblogs Network

Death intrudes

Jul 25, 2011 by Ryan Dueck

My first “official” responsibility in my new position took place a week or so earlier than schedule, as I officiated at a memorial service on a sunny, breezy, southern Alberta Saturday.  It was a somewhat strange thing to be leading a service like this before even attending a Sunday morning service!

Century Blogs

Mistakes of democracy

Jul 22, 2011 by Amy Frykholm

One of the most interesting posts on Middle East expert Juan Cole's extensive blog is his advice to fledgling Arab democracies on how to build a democracy. He bases his advice on ten mistakes that he thinks Americans have made in the formation and perpetuation of our democracy.

Century Blogs

Friday digest

Jul 22, 2011 by Steve Thorngate

New today from the Century.

In the World

Compromise, compromise

Jul 22, 2011 by Steve Thorngate

The debt-ceiling fight is about politics, not policy. But count on the news media to conflate the two—in service of the trope that everyone just needs to meet in the middle of wherever they are right now.

In the World

One way to change the conversation

Jul 21, 2011 by Steve Thorngate

A new Century editorial argues that unemployment, not the budget deficit, is the most urgent economic problem facing the U.S. We need to deal with the deficit at some point, but first we need to get people back to work by stimulating the economy.

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Thursday digest

Jul 21, 2011 by Steve Thorngate

New today from the Century.

Century Blogs

Compass and yeast

Jul 21, 2011 by Martin E. Marty

Thomas Merton's conversion to Catholicism is among the most celebrated of the last century. But to which kind of Catholicism did Merton convert?