A candidate for the rest of us. As a political moderate, I’ve found myself increasingly discouraged at the outlook for my presidential choices in 2020.  Both the incumbent Republican and the current crop of so-called “top-tier” Democratic hopefuls play on our divisions in a way that, as former Defense Secretary James Mattis recently suggested, has…

Here’s the latest dispatch from the crossroads of faith and media: Bill Maher dances on the grave of billionaire David Koch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p33bJ4T53cs Not nice, to say the least. Among other things, Maher apparently detested Koch because he was a so-called “climate-science deniers.”  I, personally, think “climate-science skeptic” would be a more appropriate term – but…

Here’s the latest dispatch from the crossroads of faith and med A chilling day remembered. To commemorate the tragic murders of nine African-Americans at Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina four years ago,  Fathom Events opens the documentary Emanuel in theaters nationwide on June 17th and 19th only. Those dates are the respective anniversaries…

Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. Synopsis: Matthew McConaughey stars in the true story of Newt Knight, a Confederate battlefield nurse who abandons what he realizes is an immoral cause and launches an internal southern rebellion comprised of former slaves, white deserters and anti-slavery women. The action-packed (and violent) tale…

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