“You Oughta Know” (once again)
I have a house guest for the week!
Links
Faith & Religion
Richard Beck – The Location of Christianity
Sarah Bessey – In which we numb the light
Rachel Held Evans – The Scandal of the Evangelical Heart and Love: You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.
Peter Enns – The Deeper Scandal of the Evangelical Mind: We Are Not Allowed to Use It
Kelly Chripczuk – He runs through the night for her
Law
Stephanie Voudouris – Peeling Back the Court’s Decision in R v NS (this was the case of a Muslim woman who wanted to wear her niqab in court while on the witness stand and is an interesting case study about the limits of religious freedom)
Culture, Society & Life
Soraya Roberts – I Don’t Drink (one day I’ll write about my own experience with this)
Zerlina – How to deal with a mansplainer starring Hillary Clinton in gifs (language warning)
Politics
Andrew Sullivan – The Second Inauguration of Barack Obama
Conor Friedersdorff – The Audacity of Fluff: A Critical Reading of Obama’s Inaugural Address
Aaron Wherry – Tolerating Civil Disobedience
Martin Patriquin – 43 days and for what? Chief Theresa Spence and the status quo
Science & Nature
Gavin Heffernan – Death Valley Dreamlapse
Random & Weird
Mike Krumboltz – ‘Inigo Montoya’ shirt upsets travellers, leads to awkward flight
The Economist – Currency design: A maple [leaf] mishap (only in Canada)
What I’m reading…
Recommended reading…
I love this man’s view of citizenship.
