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Trump’s Own Company Censors

January 8, 2025January 8, 2025 bklinger

I just looked. It says it right in the Truth Social terms of service: “When you create or make available any Contributions, you thereby represent and warrant that:” “4. Your Contributions are not false, inaccurate, ....

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Communication, Culture, Technology

America the Ugly, I Still Belong to You

January 3, 2025January 3, 2025 bklinger

One Big Unhappy Family “My neighbor with the anti-Trump bumper sticker doesn’t talk to me anymore,” my Dad said when I was visiting my parents in New Jersey this week. “The same thought had crossed ....

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Culture, Defend Democracy, Trueish Stories, US Elections

The Trump Vote: Education or Religion?

June 25, 2024June 25, 2024 bklinger

1. College and the Evangelical Vote It has long been noted that Trump, who said, “I love the poorly educated,” has a strong appeal among Whites without a college degree. We can see the voting ....

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Culture, Defend Democracy, US Elections

Christians Are Not Supposed To Believe in the Ten Commandments

May 30, 2024May 30, 2024 bklinger

The Louisiana legislature voted to require all schools receiving state funds to display a large poster showing the Ten Commandments in every classroom. Texas has considered a similar law.  Earlier, Alabama Supreme Court justice Roy ....

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Culture, Law and Courts, Religion, Social Policy

View from Sandusky Bay, Ohio, North America, Planet Earth

May 13, 2024May 13, 2024 bklinger

The tulips glowed in their bedWith friendly bulbs of yellow and red.The children played a game of tagUntil my 4-year-old began to nag:“I’m too hot, Mom, there’s too much sun,I want to go inside, this ....

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Culture, Environment, Trueish Stories
Janis Joplin

Greatest Rock Cover of All Time?

September 20, 2023September 20, 2023 bklinger

Amy Shafer Gets Me Listening to Summertime Again “It’s basically a brand new piece of music.  It is no longer, it is no longer George Gershwin.  This is Janis Joplin, and whoever’s playing along with ....

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A Visit to Arkansas

July 23, 2023July 23, 2023 bklinger

Why Arkansas? “To me, Passion Plays always seemed menacing.  They make me picture peasants coming out of a Passion Play on Easter and chasing Jews down the street in a pogrom.  But now that I ....

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Culture, Geography/Economics/Politics, Trueish Stories

Campus Attacks on Free Speech

March 18, 2023March 18, 2023 bklinger

How much is freedom of speech on campus under attack? Here I’m referring specifically to the freedom for someone affiliated with the university to invite a speaker to give a talk on campus.  This freedom ....

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Communication, Culture, Law and Courts, Social Policy

What was Wrong with Samuel Alito’s Speech?

August 8, 2022 bklinger

In July, 2022, U.S. Supreme Court justice Samuel Alito gave a speech at the Religious Liberty Summit in Rome, Italy. The speech received some media attention, much of which I believe missed the main noteworthy ....

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Culture, Geography/Economics/Politics, Law and Courts, Religion

Samuel Alito’s Version of Religious Liberty

August 6, 2022August 8, 2022 bklinger

In July, 2022, U.S. Supreme Court justice Samuel Alito gave a speech at the Religious Liberty Summit in Rome, Italy. The speech received some media attention, much of which I believe missed the main noteworthy ....

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Culture, Law and Courts, Religion

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