Rabbi Harold Kushner died this month. His 1981 book, “When Bad Things Happen to Good People” was a #1 bestseller. He said he had been hurt by life and he wrote what he learned, hopefully to the benefit of readers. I felt the title was better than the book. I had a problem […]
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GOOD PEOPLE, BAD THINGS
July 20, 2023
Posted in Religion |
Tags: Biblical Job, God, God of the Gaps, Rabbi Harold Kushner, Suffering
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“AMERICA!–MEND THY EVERY FLAW!”
July 2, 2013“America the Beautiful” should be the national anthem: Katherine Bates’ words, published in 1910 (and originally titled, “Pikes Peak”), are truly patriotic in the best sense of the word–an expression of love for country and the joy it brings to its inhabitants. The Star Spangled Banner is eminently unsingable and often referred to […]
Posted in Patriotism |
Tags: America the Beautiful, anger management, Arthur Fiedler, Bruce Springstein, civil discourse, Dolly Parton, God, Independence Day, Jay Z, jingoism, Norman Thomas, Star Spangled Banner, super-patriotism, Tschaikovsky, United States
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Ichabod's Kin 