Here’s what we know

Yesterday, the Trump transition team suggested some $10.5 trillion in budget cuts, including (but not limited to, according to the National Priorities Project): National Endowment for the Arts National Endowment for the Humanities Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Office of Fossil Energy… …as well as cuts to the Departments of Energy, State, Justice, …

This man right here…

…is about to be honored by the Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice for his ground-breaking work for justice in the state of Connecticut. The ceremony honoring Bishop John Selders begins at 5 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 22 at Metropolitan Community Church in Hartford. I say this as a friend. I say this as a fan: Bishop John Selders serves as …

Do you read your Bible? It’s a good blueprint for justice.

Read this interview with Lisa Sharon Harper (pictured), “Justice is at the heart of the gospel.” Believers cannot shy away from justice. We can’t afford discomfort. We are called to act.

In which Justice Scalia says confusing things

Leftover sends this, a report (from American Conservative, so take a lemon to suck) that says in a Louisiana speech a few days ago, Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia said the Constitution, well, let’s AC’s Rod Dreher describe it: Scalia said that of all the religion clause (the Establishment clause, and the Free Exercise clause) …

I’ve never understood cynicism

On Sunday, I wrote a column for Mother Courant about the need for providing household goods for people who have been homeless, but now are being housed through Greater Hartford’s 100-day challenge. The response has been, in a word, incredible. Sara Capen Salomons is the contact person for Journey Home, the lead agency in the …

A brief history of taking the Lord’s name in vain

Of course, when no less a Big Thinker than Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia says he believes the world is going to hell in a hand basket because people like me (women) drop the F-bomb, you really have to drop to your knees and pray about it for a moment. I mean: Scalia! Has! Fucking! …