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from Conciliar Post
Being taught to avoid talking about politics and religion has led to a lack of understanding about politics and religion. What we should have been taught was how to have a civil conversation about a difficult topic.
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from Daily Wire
RIGHT BIAS, MIXED, American news and opinion website
‘NOT A TYPO’: Democrat Poll Shows What Voters Think Of Omar, Ocasio-Cortez
A new internal Democrat poll in swing districts released on Sunday showed that socialist Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and Ilhan Omar (D-MN) are extremely unpopular and that they may cost the Democratic Party the presidency and the House in 2020.
‘NOT A TYPO’: Democrat Poll Shows What Voters Think Of Omar, Ocasio-Cortez
A new internal Democrat poll in swing districts released on Sunday showed that socialist Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and Ilhan Omar (D-MN) are extremely unpopular and that they may cost the Democratic Party the presidency and the House in 2020.
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from The Heritage Foundation
RIGHT BIAS, MIXED American conservative think tank based in Washington, D.C.
RIGHT BIAS, MIXED American conservative think tank based in Washington, D.C.
Ignoring the Debt Will Come Back to Bite Us
The U.S. national debt just reached $22.3 trillion. The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget estimates that over the next 10 years, this latest budget deal will increase deficits by $1.7 trillion. Both Congress and the president need to come together and forge an agreement to stop out-of-control spending.
Making the Case for a New Round of BRAC
The report on force structure and infrastructure for the FY 2021 budget request is the Department of Defense’s best chance to make the case for a new Base Realignment and Closures (BRAC) round. The department’s case for a new round of BRAC should focus on potential savings and implementing the National Defense Strategy. The report needs to both show the importance of a new BRAC round and accommodate legitimate concerns that Congress has with BRAC.
Shaming of Trump Donors Shows Danger of Liberal Campaign Finance Rules
Castro’s shaming of people for making legal campaign contributions exposes the targets of his ire to both financial and physical harm. While some conservatives might be tempted to support seemingly moderate steps toward full transparency of campaign contributions, the risks are far too great. It is unlikely that additional transparency will achieve the broader objective of driving out graft and influence peddling.
American Bar Association Postpones Sexual Assault Resolution That Would Criminalize Normal Behavior
What do Prince Charming, quarterback Brett Favre, and an awkward teenager angling for a first kiss all have in common? They could all be criminals under the American Bar Association’s proposed new sexual assault law. The American Bar Association is considering whether to push states to amend their criminal codes to define consent in sexual assault cases as “the consent of a person who is competent to give consent to engage in a specific act of sexual penetration, oral sex, or sexual contact” and to require “that consent [be] expressed by words or action in the context of all the circumstances.” In other words, consent must be clear, competent, and renewed for each and every sexual act. If it isn’t, the initiator has committed criminal sexual assault.The rule’s intentions are good; many sexual assault laws are out of date and in desperate need of rewriting. But this proposed rule is an overcorrection that would lead to absurd results.
Union Pension Underfunding Is Bankrupting This Government Entity
A new report from the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) shows that the private union pension crisis is only getting worse, and now Congress is poised to make it worse still. Instead of a costly bailout-without-reform, Congress should improve the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation’s solvency, prevent plans from overpromising and underfunding pensions, and help plans minimize pension reductions across workers.
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from The Inlander
Media/News Company in Spokane, WA
Spokane jail inmate population analysis finds racial disparities, high number of bookings for misdemeanors and nonviolent offenses
Spokane County disproportionately incarcerates people of color for longer stints and predominantly books inmates for misdemeanor charges and non-violent felonies, according to a new consultant analysis. Roughly 70 percent of inmates on any given day — the average daily inmate population hovers around 930 people — are held pre-trial, meaning that they aren't serving a sentence and are waiting for the case to move forward. An estimated 10 percent are federal inmates detained on temporary holds and 17 percent are sentenced. Of the total inmate population, 89 percent were booked on misdemeanors, temporary holds, or non-violent felonies, meaning that the inmate population is largely accused of committing low-level and non-violent crimes.
Media/News Company in Spokane, WA
Spokane jail inmate population analysis finds racial disparities, high number of bookings for misdemeanors and nonviolent offenses
Spokane County disproportionately incarcerates people of color for longer stints and predominantly books inmates for misdemeanor charges and non-violent felonies, according to a new consultant analysis. Roughly 70 percent of inmates on any given day — the average daily inmate population hovers around 930 people — are held pre-trial, meaning that they aren't serving a sentence and are waiting for the case to move forward. An estimated 10 percent are federal inmates detained on temporary holds and 17 percent are sentenced. Of the total inmate population, 89 percent were booked on misdemeanors, temporary holds, or non-violent felonies, meaning that the inmate population is largely accused of committing low-level and non-violent crimes.
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from The North American Anglican
Media/News Company: "A journal of orthodox theology in the Anglican tradition"
TRACTS FOR THE TIMES 2.0
The launch of the Oxford Movement is traditionally dated (following John Henry Newman’s reckoning) from John Keble’s Assize sermon on Bastille Day, July 14, 1833. But it wasn’t until the inauguration of The Tracts for the Times, also in 1833, that the Oxford Movement became a public movement for the renewal of the Church of England. This renewal was effected by returning the Church of England to her apostolic and patristic roots and by reviving the impoverished Prayer Book Rule of Life upon which Anglican spirituality rests. It is from these Tracts that the disciples of the Oxford Movement obtained the name “Tractarians.” It has occurred to me more than once that what traditional Anglicanism needs today is a second Oxford Movement, or what I am calling “Tracts for the Times 2.0.”
The launch of the Oxford Movement is traditionally dated (following John Henry Newman’s reckoning) from John Keble’s Assize sermon on Bastille Day, July 14, 1833. But it wasn’t until the inauguration of The Tracts for the Times, also in 1833, that the Oxford Movement became a public movement for the renewal of the Church of England. This renewal was effected by returning the Church of England to her apostolic and patristic roots and by reviving the impoverished Prayer Book Rule of Life upon which Anglican spirituality rests. It is from these Tracts that the disciples of the Oxford Movement obtained the name “Tractarians.” It has occurred to me more than once that what traditional Anglicanism needs today is a second Oxford Movement, or what I am calling “Tracts for the Times 2.0.”
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from The Spokesman-Review
Newspaper in Spokane, Washington
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