Brendan Carr, as FCC Chair, made threats against ABC relating to the broadcast of Jimmy Kimmel’s show. Legal experts, free speech advocates, public officials, and the ACLU have argued that Carr’s conduct violates the First Amendment by silencing the company (and...
According to the Gospel of John, Jesus said, “the truth shall set you free.” (John 8: 32) So what happens to us, and to our nation, when we are enveloped by lies? (And, are all these lies “setting us free”?) Growing up, I was taught that facts...
The first few months of Trump 2.0 have been a cascade of cruelty, both verbal and physical. More on the varieties of that cruelty below, but the headline-grabbing moment recently was when Iowa Senator Joni Ernst’s replied at a Town Hall to an anguished woman. Ernst...
