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from Conciliar Post
It is (nearly) universally acknowledged that 2020 was, to put it technically, a dumpster fire. A global pandemic, economic turmoil, political chaos, isolation from loved ones, and massive loss of life across the globe combined to make 2020 one of the most difficult years to live through, both literally and metaphorically. In this short reflection I would like to focus, though, on what we can take away from this year. To be clear, this is not to say that I believe all of the evil of the past year is “really good” when seen in the right light. I am convinced by scholars like David Bentley Hart that evil is meaningless and irrational. Evil, classically defined as ontologically nothing (i.e. ultimately possessing no existence because it does not find its ground in God), cannot truly be evil if it possesses positive traits, such as reason. Any existence evil makes use of is parasitic on goodness. That being said, we can learn something about ourselves and our society from having gone through an evil, traumatic experience.
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from FEE (Foundation for Economic Education)
RIGHT-CENTER BIAS, HIGH, non-profit organization
Here’s a short list of what might be called “great moments in civil disobedience.”
1. Defying a Pharaoh in Ancient Egypt
2. Sophocles's Portrayal of Antigone
3. Judea and the Slaughter of Innocents
4. Robert the Bruce Defies a Pope
5. Flushing's Stand for Quakers
6. Boston's Smashing Tea Party
7. Robert Smalls's Daring Escape
8. Everywhere, USA
9. Gandhi's Famous Salt March
10. Sophie and Hans Scholl's Heroic Stand
11. Eastern Europe's 'Singing Revolution'
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from New York Magazine
“There’s not a single person I have talked to at any level, from 23-year-old assistants to members of the Cabinet, who are not disgusted and ashamed with what has happened,” the senior administration official said, adding that the conversations among remaining officials were about how to handle the next twelve days before Joe Biden’s administration — and whether to continue to be a part of the transition of power at all.
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from Rolling Stone
Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski of Alaska called on President Trump to resign and said she is questioning her future with the Republican Party days after a riotous mob of Trump supporters violently stormed the Capitol. “I want him to resign. I want him out. He has caused enough damage,” she told James Brooks of the Anchorage Daily News in an interview Friday. It’s important to note that Murkowski is not saying she supports impeachment, which the Democrats plan to introduce on Monday. Instead, she is saying that Donald Trump — the man with a gigantic ego who has done everything possible, including inciting an insurrection in the Capitol, to maintain his hold on power — should act reasonably and voluntarily step down days before the next president is inaugurated.
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from The Spokesman-Review
Newspaper in Spokane, Washington
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from USA Today
Tommy Lasorda, the charismatic former manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers who maintained a relationship with the franchise as a player, coach, manager and executive for 71 seasons, has died at the age of 93. "I'll never want to take off this uniform,'' Lasorda told USA TODAY Sports in a 2014 interview. "I want to keep working for the Dodgers until the day I die. That's the truth. And that's exactly what he did.
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