One of the great ironies surrounding the phenomenon of Marvel’s latest cultural behemoth Black Panther is that a lot of Bible-believing, white evangelicals would really love it, if not for the fact that its name is remarkably similar to the revolutionary socialist political party of the 1970s. (I’m guessing the Wikipedia Black Panther disambiguation page…

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<![CDATA[So one of the problems I see in our political discourse, is that we often use the same words but mean different things. And nowhere is that problem more vexing than in our discussions about race. It's been a problem for a long time, of course, but ever since the election of Donald Trump, there…

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<![CDATA[Last night, I posted the following status update to my Facebook account:   Wait, there’s been reports of racial harassment to people of color from Trump supporters? Well, we shouldn’t be surprised. I mean, when white Republicans send candidates to the White House, they’re not sending their best. They’re sending a candidate with supporters that…

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<![CDATA[Well, he did it. My brother lost the bet that he and I made several months back, wherein he all but swore on a Bible that there was no way that Barack Obama could beat John McCain in a general election. I believe his quote was, “A brotha… in these times? Against a war hero?…

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<![CDATA[… by shadowy organization of neo-reconciliatory Christians. That’s just the term that I’ve given to the four guys pictured on the poster that was seen mysteriously taped to the sign of my church (and to the wall of one of our buildings). On the one hand, I agree with the overall sentiment of the poster.…

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<![CDATA[So much goodness, so little time. I tried to let go of this campaign stuff, but I can’t help it. There’s just so much worth reading and discussing. So in no particular order, I give you: Gina Dalfonzo, one of my new favorite bloggers, holds it down at The Point. (And I’m not just saying…

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<![CDATA[A glimpse at today’s headlines reveals a correlation between individuals who move up the chain of command and their inability to grasp the obvious. Consider the latest sex scandal to sully a politician, where an avalanche of amorous text messages are threatening to be the downfall of Kwame Kilpatrick, the mayor of Detroit. The obvious…

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<![CDATA[ I usually don’t like to pile on like this, but sometimes abject ignorance can be hilarious. And as always, I’ve tried to give equal access to the truly ignorant among us. First, the mild: Korean pop star promises to sell nude photos anywhere but Japan. I know, it’s pretty tame on the Ignor-A-Meter, but…

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