Podcaster. Leader of occasional thoughts in your head. Dreamer of small things. Evangelical. Politically homeless. Takes pictures of food. Opinions are my own.
My latest podcast:
I believe the world is changing. And the world I grew up in from the 1980’s isn’t going to be the world I die in. The global “world order” is being shaken. How are we to navigate all these changes?
https://t.co/o4gadu1W7E
Trump could have presided over a very strong economy. All he had to do was...nothing: Inflation was trending downward, the AI boom was raising growth.
Instead, he engineered a global trade war and energy shock, while shrinking America's labor force. https://t.co/JvvlsQ83R8
At some point, actual Christians, not just the ones who call themselves that, are gonna have to opt out of politics for the parties to improve the quality of their candidates. Continuing to insist Christians vote for evil, so long as it’s lesser than the other, is getting old.
Can we be done with the pretense that Republican primary voters vote for MAGA candidates in spite of their apostasy and corruption? The transgression is a feature, not a bug. It tells voters they don't care about law or morality. Only power.
@BethMooreLPM@SJBedard Apparently some folks think that women should stay silent not only in church, but outside church as well. That's a really bizarre theology!
Happy Memorial Day! I'm ready to smoke a couple racks of baby back ribs in spite of the gloomy weather. One is with a more traditional spicy BBQ style rub, the other with a coffee rub.
In other words, the war is over, we're stumbling toward some version of the JCPOA, America is out billions of dollars and lots of weapons that we didn't need to waste, and the United States is now weaker and Iran in a strategically stronger position.
And for what?
@JonahDispatch It's like people forget how heavily the presidency ages almost every president that's held the office. I'm pretty sure getting no sleep and not having a good work-life balance is the norm.