Today's Greenville News has an op-ed piece about the effort to raise the cigarette tax in South Carolina, penned by Don Weaver, President of the South Carolina Association of Taxpayers. Mr. Weaver maintains that raising the cigarette tax and using the money for health care is a "welfare plan" and that it violates politicians "no … Continue reading Tax ‘Em If You Got ‘Em, Boys
Month: March 2008
For Good Friday: A Rare Perfume
I saw my father’s green Mercury Cougar pull into the parking lot a block or so ahead of me. I had been out of town at a conference and hadn’t seen him in a couple of weeks, so I slid across three lanes of traffic and whipped into the space next to him. He got … Continue reading For Good Friday: A Rare Perfume
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Not This Time
No, he didn't repudiate the man he calls "family," the man who brought him to faith in Jesus, the man who presided at his wedding and baptized his children. And so it should be. One does not quickly sever the ties that bind.Nor did he condone the "God damn America" sermon that has received its … Continue reading Not This Time
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Caught Up in the Concept
If Obama was a white man, he would not be in this position. And if he was a woman (of any color) he would not be in this position. He happens to be very lucky to be who he is. And the country is caught up in the concept. –Former Clinton advisor Geraldine FerraroShe’s gone … Continue reading Caught Up in the Concept
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Betrayers All
A Meditation for Palm SundayHe never thought of himself as a betrayer. He really despised Caiaphas and Annas, those corrupt old religionists, in league with the Empire. He despised all the priests, but these two were worthy of a special sort of hatred. He carefully laid a trap, using their own hatred of Jesus against … Continue reading Betrayers All
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Eliot Spitzer and the Deacon’s Rule
And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye? (Matthew 7:3)Let's call it the Deacon's Rule: No matter who it is, no matter how holier-than-thou, no matter how beloved, no matter how high the hopes nor deep the passion, none of … Continue reading Eliot Spitzer and the Deacon’s Rule
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Once Upon a Time with John McCain
Way back in 2000, when the world was new, John McCain was something different: a Republican who stood up to the radicals that had taken over the party of Lincoln and Goldwater; a man of principle, whose triumph over his Viet Cong captors was the stuff of legend and the faith of whose "fathers" was … Continue reading Once Upon a Time with John McCain
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