A: “Imagine Donald Trump’s library.”
B: “You’d have to.”
IMAGINE DONALD TRUMP’S LIBRARY
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Category Archives: Politics
A GREAT AND TERRIBLE NATION
Gracious and prophetic reflections, not an easy thing to do…
CREATIVE JUSTICE
Love this kind of compassion and creativity!
LEARNING FROM PRESIDENT JAMES POLK!
Yes, that’s right. You heard me. Here are a few things about Polk I learned from reading Walking Giant: America in the Age of Jackson by David Reynolds:
He determined to serve one term.
He rarely took vacations.
He sought to address four main campaign promises and did!
He worked extremely hard.
(Waking Giant, p. 351-53 by David Reynolds)
NO FURTHER COMMENT
Irrespective of who is in power, these sad syllogisms recently came to mind.
All politicians lie.
The president is a politician.
Therefore, the president lies.
So…
The president lies.
The press secretary presents the president’s take on the world and to the world.
Therefore, the press secretary is forced to lie.
IN PRAISE OF FOLLY
From one of my favorite, living authors:
BOTH/AND NOT EITHER/OR
Over the years, I’ve found that too many people put things in either/or categories when both/and is the correct one. Too many of us are confused and therefore lacking in courage. Senator Sasse understands both/and.
SADNESS AND RESILIENCE DURING WAR
I spent the summer of 1986 in the former Yugoslavia. It was a transforming experience. Our missionary team started in Sarajevo which was hit hard during the war. I cried when I saw this:
LONG LIVE MONA CHAREN!
IMPORTANT QUESTION
Patrick Deneen has a very important question for David Brooks. The whole piece is terrific: