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Cheney Knew All Along
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Sage Words for the Modern Age
In 1949, Joseph Campbell published what many consider to be his magnum opus, The Hero with a Thousand Faces. I just finished the book the other day, after reading it off-and-on for two years. Through the course of the book, he analyzes and codifies aspects of the ‘myth of the hero’ from perspectives of cultures around the world. However, in the epilogue he makes clear the larger purpose of the investigation, which is to place in context the similarities among our myths and outline the dilemma of the modern man. What struck me most about his words in the epilogue was their relevance to the current day, even fifty years after their publication. I’d like to quote him a few times below.
Repost: The ACLU and the So-Called "War on Christmas"
[taken from an ACLU email newsletter]
By Jeremy Gunn, Director, Program on Freedom of Religion and Belief, ACLU
A few years ago, a group called Public Advocate for the United States (which claims to defend America’s traditional family values) sent some Christmas carolers over to sing in front of the ACLU offices in Washington. Carrying signs reading “Merry Christmas” and “Please Don’t Sue Us!”—they also seemed to carry with them some rather strange imaginings about an assault on Christmas. I don’t know what the carolers thought might happen.
A Conversation With a Friend
If you’re a Facebook junkie like so many of us, you’re probably familiar with this year’s election-related features. Back in September sometime I joined a bunch of groups to support my preferred issues and candidates. Not long before this, an old friend of mine from University of Tulsa had joined my friends list. When he saw my chosen issues, here’s the conversation that began.
