Orthodoxy become Orthopraxy: A Political Sinkhole

Samain                              Moon of the Winter Solstice An interesting article in this morning’s Star-Tribune about the conflation of economics and religion, in particular laissez-faire economics (individualism) and Christianity as defined in William Buckley’s God and Man at Yale.  The author of a biography of Buckley, Carl T. Bogus, also the writer of this column, identifies this […]

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A Paradox

Beltane                                                                                       Waning Last Frost Moon Groceries.  Bees.  Check in for cruise.  That’s my day today.  Well, I might watch a bit of the 500, just see how it goes. It Broke From Within (see post below) is based on a quote from a p.r. piece for an early Walker project that read:  Remember France?  It […]

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Stay In It

Spring                                                    Waning Bloodroot Moon As winter loosens its grip on our state, the legislature begins to tighten theirs.  In the last half of the first session of the 2011-2012 legislature, budget bills dominate the news.  From my perspective as both a liberal and an environmentalist, the news is grim.  Environmental permitting, a public process designed […]

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8  bar rises 30.11  0mph WNW  windchill 4   Samhain Full Moon of Long Nights    Day  8hr  47m I hear you saying often that you’re not turned on to politics. Well let me bring to bear the lessons of history. If you’re not turned on to politics the lesson of history is that politics […]

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A Liberal and a Conservative Walk into This Bar

35  92%  35%  1mph  windroseSSE  bar falls  dewpoint33  First Quarter of the Snow Moon     Holiseason There is a puzzle in me, one that come to light when I worked at Unity Unitarian in St. Paul for a brief time.  It was a difficult and painful time for me, but I liked Roy Smith, the minister, […]

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