Showing posts with label Trump. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Trump. Show all posts
Saturday, December 14, 2019

On Becoming the Monster

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Nietzsche is watching I believe that Donald Trump's politics are best described as American fascism. Also—because apparently this ha...
Tuesday, May 28, 2019

Wrapped in the Flag and Carrying a Cross — An Introduction to Evangelicalism and Fascism Part 1: Tradition and the Mythic Past

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Sinclair Lewis  probably never said  " When Fascism comes to America it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross. " But he...
Friday, February 22, 2019

How I Analyze Political Candidates

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In the wake of 2016 and with the presidential campaigns for 2020 already ramping up, I want to spend some time proposing a model for analyzi...
Friday, January 12, 2018

Let America Be...

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If I had to recommend a mascot for the USA... In the wake of President Trump's "shithole" comment, I have noticed one w...
Wednesday, December 13, 2017

White Evangelical Politics are Less Christian than American Politics

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Last night Alabama elected a Democrat to a statewide office for the first time since the 90’s. That is sort of cool in its own right I ...
Monday, November 20, 2017

Trump is Herod Antipater

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Obviously they are not  identical ,   since no two people are the same, but the similarities are striking. Consider the following: H...
Wednesday, September 27, 2017

Two Tales of one Tactic: Trump's SoB rant and the Nashville Statement

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Unity in Diversity As an Anabaptist, I don't spend a lot of time making favorable comparisons between the church and the United...