It's problematic when you worship a god who bends bullets for "your guy" - especially when that same god won't bend bullets for anotherb of your guys. If you are going to hold to that narrative, you have to bend theology to fit your needs - which fails on so many levels.

Among all high-income Western countries, the United States has shown the worst performance in reducing the probability of dying from chronic diseases, a new study finds. https://cnn.it/4pfRf4I

A pardon was the right choice.

This by CS Lewis hits.

A pretty solid Sunday of football.

I feel like we should pay Congress according to the median pay rate in their home state. I wonder if we'd see any change in voting about minimum wage...

Happy to see the Vikings win - definitely not in convincing fashion, but they're the Vikings. I'll take what I can get.

Today's hymn lyrics - "From the halls of power to the fortress tower, but a singer shall be left on stone. Let the king beware for your justice tears every tyrant from his throne. The hungry poor shall weep no more for the food they can never earn, there are tables spread ev'ry mouth be fed..."

FWIW...

I feel like background checks are probably there for a reason.