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A Pagan's Blog
I saved a life and didn’t know it
By
Gus diZerega
I arrived early into Lawrence, Kansas, for Thanksgiving. As I drove up the turnpike I called my old friends, Nan and Jerry. They weren’t home, and I left a message. A short while later Nan returned my call and invited me to dinner with them, and to spend the night there. “After all,” she said,…
Inspiring example of nonviolent resistance
By
Gus diZerega
One of my favorite blogs has a inspiring example of UC Davis students’ reaction to gratuitous violence by thugs wearing the uniform of the UC Police. It is inspiring to watch how, after a completely arbitrary attack on peaceful students by a thug with pepper spray (watch) the students surround the cops chanting “Shame on…
Religious Nihilism and the Religious Right
By
Gus diZerega
I have been almost totally focused on the home stretch of my manuscript tentatively titled Faultlines: The 60s, the Culture War, and the Return of the Divine Feminine. This is really getting in the way of making frequent blog posts. But I think some modified snippets make very interesting posts. In this manuscript I argue…
Nihilism and the god of power
By
Gus diZerega
Joe Walsh has made a name for himself as a “family values” Republican. He has also made a name for himself as a dead beat dad who owes over $100,000 in child support, ignores court dates, and takes his girl friend on expensive vacations while claiming to be too poor to support his children. He…
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