Andrew Phillips
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Ask your doctor what treatment the supreme court decided is right for you.
June 18, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Ask your doctor what treatment the supreme court decided is right for you.
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Contemplate the incredible vastness of space with this visualization of the size of our Milky Way galaxy.
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
April 26, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Contemplate the incredible vastness of space with this visualization of the size of our Milky Way galaxy.
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
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We have now arrived at the "arresting judges" level of fascism.
April 25, 2025 at 10:42 PM
We have now arrived at the "arresting judges" level of fascism.
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“If the government can disappear anyone it wishes, dump him in a Salvadoran dungeon and prevent any court in this country from providing relief, we all should be very, very afraid.” — Erwin Chemerinsky & Laurence H. Tribe @nytimes.com @nytopinion.nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/04/09/o... #Opinion
Opinion | Trump’s Gulag Archipelago (Gift Article)
He is seeking to establish a truly chilling proposition: that no one can stop his administration from imprisoning anyone it wants, anywhere in the world.
www.nytimes.com
April 9, 2025 at 2:12 PM
“If the government can disappear anyone it wishes, dump him in a Salvadoran dungeon and prevent any court in this country from providing relief, we all should be very, very afraid.” — Erwin Chemerinsky & Laurence H. Tribe @nytimes.com @nytopinion.nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/04/09/o... #Opinion
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This is the hallmark of biblical faith and the MAGA attack on practices integral to authentic Christian faith is certainly an attack on genuine Christian practice.
"The decision to love and serve the stranger, the refugee, and the foreigner with charity is a hallmark of the Christian faith, such that a government crackdown on this work seems to be a threat to Christian practice itself," Elizabeth Bruenig writes:
‘A Very Christian Concept’
The faith’s mandate is more arduous than J. D. Vance’s account seems to allow.
www.theatlantic.com
February 9, 2025 at 11:39 PM
This is the hallmark of biblical faith and the MAGA attack on practices integral to authentic Christian faith is certainly an attack on genuine Christian practice.
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Pope Francis corrected J. D. Vance: “Christian love is not a concentric expansion of interests that little by little extend to other persons and groups.” The parable of the Good Samaritan makes that abundantly clear.
Christian charity groups have worked with the federal government for decades to deliver lifesaving American assistance around the world. Now, the Trump administration's cuts have left faith-based humanitarian groups with gaping funding deficits, hastily shuttered programs and unfolding layoffs.
In Trump’s Cuts to Aid and Refugees, a Clash Over Christian Values
Vice President JD Vance and the Pope square off, as faith-based groups face an existential crisis.
www.nytimes.com
February 16, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Pope Francis corrected J. D. Vance: “Christian love is not a concentric expansion of interests that little by little extend to other persons and groups.” The parable of the Good Samaritan makes that abundantly clear.
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Here is the most recent post, "The Joy of Writing with Pencils," on my blogsite "In These Times." Here you will also find a companion piece entitled, "Fountain Pens: Writing Magic."
THE JOY OF WRITING WITH PENCILS
Writing with pencils, especially the Blackwing, offers a satisfying blend of tactile experience and creative freedom. The article contrasts wooden pencils with innovative Japanese mechanical pencil…
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January 21, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Here is the most recent post, "The Joy of Writing with Pencils," on my blogsite "In These Times." Here you will also find a companion piece entitled, "Fountain Pens: Writing Magic."