April 2006
The Archives
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america, democracy, new-political-party, political-parties, politics, third-parties, third-party, voting
Hoping for a New American party
04.30.06 | Permalink | 19 CommentsAt a couple of key points in the past, America has seen the collapse of a major political party, and it could happen again. Neither party has adjusted yet to post-Cold War realities, domestically or internationally. Neither party, measured by the growing number of independent voters and the lackluster number of voters overall, is very […]
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Overheard at the pub
04.28.06 | Permalink | 2 CommentsA very loud man at the other end of the bar was, uh, being very loud at the other end of the bar. Three tidbits: When a fellow patron mentioned he was loud: “Hey, I’m Southern Baptist. I can do whatever I want.” When his and his friend’s hookers dates arrived: “So do you want […]
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Is this why we have to “mind the gap?”
04.27.06 | Permalink | 2 CommentsThe following comment from discussion thread for a Salon.com advice column is so good that I’m quoting it in full. Discussion thread is here. The original advice column—“Thou revealest too much!”—is here. (Hat tip to Chalice Chick for the link. Emphasis is mine.)Â The point, while specifically about teenage sex ed—extends well beyond UUs problem […]
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christian, quiz, religion, spirituality
What’s your spiritual worldview?
04.24.06 | Permalink | 2 CommentsHere’s another must-do quiz to add to Beliefnet’s excellent Belief-O-Matic quiz: What’s your theological worldview? It’s from a Christian perspective, so if you’re decidely not Christian or don’t have any Christian background (is that even possible in the US?), you’ll scratch your noggin over some of the questions, yet it had plenty of room for […]
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reason, spirituality
When reason doesn’t work
04.23.06 | Permalink | Comments Off on When reason doesn’t workFrom Atlanta Unitarian: “When reason is forcefully appled to this meaning-making mechanism, the result is violence to the soul. Reason cuts like a knife, separating what in the soul is married. It reduces the soul to a slave, whose worth is no more than what can be objectively measured by the systems of economy or […]
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album-88, emusic, indie, itunes, left-of-center, mp3s, sirius
Alternative to iTunes
04.23.06 | Permalink | 3 CommentsI’m not hating on iTunes, but they just don’t have everything you hear on Album 88 or Sirius Left of Center. eMusic charges $10 a month for 40 downloads a month—a quarter a song! If you buy more downloads, it just gets cheaper. Thirty second previews, just like iTunes. And if you end up not […]
