A quarter of the U.S.'s roughly 30,000 United Methodist churches — which once dominated the country's religious landscape — have left the denomination, according to the church's news agency. At issue is the question of ordaining and marrying LGBTQ people. https://t.co/FrufN7HjxJ
"Totalitarianism in power invariably replaces all first-rate talents, regardless of their sympathies, with those crackpots and fools whose lack of intelligence and creativity is still the best guarantee of their loyalty."
— Hannah Arendt
@MrRural It’s depressing. But what do we do about it? We have to build a way forward that is broad-based and inclusive, not based on grievances and revenge fantasies.
“My anti-phonics perspective took root in 1991, when I wrote my first feature story as an intern for the Greenfield Recorder in Massachusetts.” 🤔 https://t.co/gZ6lBMZnnR
@HartmanAndrew@jacobin@NelsonLichtens1 “…much of the new wealth floated to the top of society, obscuring a period of labor weakness and capital flight. Subsequently, the United States became a good place for the wealthy to house their cash, but not to be a working person.”
@nowthisnews This reminds me of the documentary “My Architect” about Louis Kahn. Kahn’s buildings could be categorized as Brutalist, but they seemed more thoughtful, complex than the stereotype. https://t.co/VG9PSdNrQx
@jayrosen_nyu “And if volume is the name of the game, ex-leftist crossover stars who find new levels of celebrity on the right aren’t lost – they are found.”