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• Good People Saying Good Things

  

  Scott HensonToo busy to bloviate this morning; but here’s is the stuff I would be talking about if I had the time:Scott (Grits) Henson had a couple of terrific... Read more

  Posted on 09 September 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Balko Shares the Sad Conclusion to the Ann Colomb Story

  

  Ann ColombBy Alan BeanI emailed Radley Balko a couple of months ago to fill him in on the sad conclusion to a story he has been following. Read more

  Posted on 05 September 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Joe Phelps: Jesus’ Rejection of Violence is the Long-term Answer

  

  Pastor Joe PhelpsBy Alan BeanI attended Southern Baptist Theological Seminary with Joe Phelps between 1975 and 1978.  Joe is now pastor of Highland Baptist... Read more

  Posted on 05 September 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Why Cato Was So Wrong About Welfare

  

  By Alan BeanResearchers at the Libertarian Cato Institute made headlines last month by claiming that welfare recipients are a lot better off than minimum wage... Read more

  Posted on 04 September 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• The Real Reason Republicans Boycotted the March

  

  “80% of life is showing up”By Alan BeanWhy did every single Republican official who was invited to speak at the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington... Read more

  Posted on 03 September 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Brumley: Moderates Seek Exit from ‘messy Middle’

  

  By Alan BeanI stole the term “messy middle” from my daughter, Dr. Lydia Bean, who coined the term for a recent study of evangelicals and same sex marriage. Read more

  Posted on 29 August 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Kiker: Random Reflections on War and Peace

  

  By Charles KikerI’m writing this on the 85th anniversary of the signing of the Kellogg-Briand pact on August 27, 1928. Kellogg-Briand made war on war,... Read more

  Posted on 29 August 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Why is Black America Still Fixated on Trayvon Martin?

  

  By Alan BeanIf you were hoping the big fuss over Trayvon Martin was going away, this weekend’s March on Washington 2 was a rude wake-up call. Read more

  Posted on 27 August 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Was the Apostle Paul a Woman-hater, Or What?

  

  Rachel Held Evans having a bit of fun By Alan Bean The title of this blog post from Rachel Held Evans reads like a dusty treatise cribbed from a little-read... Read more

  Posted on 27 August 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• What Would King Make of Obama?

  

  By Alan Bean Casey Sigal is an unsentimental Englishman who worked the civil rights beat in the early 1960s. This piece in The Guardian touches on themes often... Read more

  Posted on 26 August 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Is a War on the Undocumented Replacing the War on Drugs?

  

  By Alan BeanIt was refreshing to hear AG Eric Holder (and a swelling chorus of conservative critics) denouncing the folly of the war on drugs and the bloated... Read more

  Posted on 23 August 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• A Study in Civic Priorities, by State

  

  By Alan BeanThis map gives us the highest paid public employees by state.  I would have thought social workers or school teachers would win the prize in at leas... Read more

  Posted on 19 August 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Fred Clark: Victor Hugo’s Theory for Why the Rich Resent the Poor

  

  Victor Hugo’s theory for why the rich resent the poorPosted: 17 Aug 2013 11:17 PM PDT Chris Hedges sent me looking for this, from Victor Hugo in Les... Read more

  Posted on 19 August 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Concern Over NSA Violations is Growing

  

  By Alan Bean Are Bradley Manning and Edward Snowden heroes or traitors? Your answer to that question likely depends on whether you think it is more important fo... Read more

  Posted on 16 August 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Defense Lawyers Poised to Put the Federal Government on Trial

  

  A slide from a DEA presentationSuppose the Drug Enforcement Agency gets some information about illegal drug activity from a confidential informant of dubious... Read more

  Posted on 14 August 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Holder Calls for an End to Mass Incarceration

  

  By Alan BeanIn a speech delivered to the American Bar Association, Attorney General Eric Holder signaled that the Obama administration wants to move away from... Read more

  Posted on 12 August 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Glenn Greenwald Takes on the Sycophantic Media

  

  Michael Hayden during his CIA yearsGlenn Greenwald blogs for The Guardian on issues related to the tension between security and liberty. Read more

  Posted on 12 August 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Being Compassionate When Compassion Ain’t Cool

  

  By Alan BeanCharles Blow says America has become a heartless nation (see his column below).  Ask the person on the street for the primary reason for poverty in... Read more

  Posted on 12 August 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• How Liberal is the Media?

  

  People who talk about the “liberal” media reference a specific fact set: Media people tend to be Democrats. Media people are disproportionately educated in Ivy... Read more

  Posted on 09 August 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Conservatives Back Sentencing Reform Legislation

  

  Co-sponsors of the legislation: Patrick Leahy (D) and Rand Paul (R)By Alan BeanIt wasn’t too long ago that ALEC, the American Legislative Exchange Council, was... Read more

  Posted on 08 August 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY