The sliding GOP scale of what constitutes proof of Trump’s loss will eventually lead to: “If God reveals by unmistakable signs that Biden has won, then of course we will concede.”
The master didn’t like to second-guess the Tsar, but if it had been up to him he would not have conceded defeat in the Crimean War, “which only made us look weak.” #TolstoysTalesofTrump
At today's Catholic Prayer Breakfast, as Bishop Barron lauded religion in the public square--bracketed by Atty Gen Barr and President Trump--I could not help but think of how, with Barr's help, tear gas, and rubber bullets, Trump cleared the public square to pose with a Bible.
The issue is not whether religion belongs in the public square—but there are different kinds of religion: the kind that is expressed in justice and mercy, and the kind that provides a sacred canopy for “law and order.”
Merton: “At the corner of 4th and Walnut in the center of the shopping district, I was suddenly overwhelmed with the realization that I loved all those people, that they were mine and I theirs, that we could not be alien to one another even though we were total strangers.” #BLM
At first the master’s mood elevators merely enabled him to forego sleep, but gradually he felt himself acquiring god-like powers: the ability to talk to animals, read messages in his tea, and defy the laws of nature. #TolstoysTalesofTrump