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While we're citing books, this is topically pertinent:
This one is by Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts. It had been scheduled for release in September, but they've delayed it until November 12th, a week after the election. It contains an inconvenient "Forward" by Trump running mate J.D. Vance.
There's a brief "sample" on Amazon (non-downloadable) comprising the first half-dozen pages of Chapter 1. It does not include the J.D. VanceForward.
Another curiosity: They altered the original cover art text. Note that "Burning Down Washington" (w/ the cute little wooden matchstick) is now the more bland Project 2025-ish, "Taking Back Washinton."
UPDATE
If you're not yet overstuffed with Biblical doom stuff, this is a doozy.
Fully-recovered Episcopalian here (former choir boy). If I had a dollar for every time I had to sing that thing...
They're now apparently increasingly taking that "Christian Soldiers" thing literally ("Playtriots?" or, outright Insurrectionists?). We'll see, 'eh? I'm reminded of the marginally more secular yet equally poignant Bundys.
Current read (one of them). Almost done. Pretty sad, actually. What her parents called "righteous Christian Moral Upbringing" I call Child Abuse.
I wrote a song about religion once. Long time ago. Has sort of a 3/4 time Loggins & Messina 70’s groove to it.
Just getting started. Stay tuned. BTW: The "Spiritual Warriors" YouTube video came from this organization.
Right up the road in Towson. I was not aware of them. Very good. Will have to study up.
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apropos of the ICJS documentary at the top of this post:
A good use of an hour of your time
Also, I finished Sarah's book. It made me at once extremely sad and angry. Will have more to say there shortly. One excellent quote:
OK, I'll just drop this snippet in for now, from an October 2023 post of mine:
14.5 Living With Uncertainty Without
uncertainty, there would be no hope, no ethics, and no freedom of
choice. It is only because we do not know what the future holds for us
(e.g., the exact time and manner of our own deaths) that we can have
hope. It is only because we do not know exactly the future results of
our choices that our choice can be free, and can pose a true ethical
dilemma. Moreover, there is much uncertainty in the world, and one of
our most basic choices is whether we will accept that uncertainty as a
fact or try to run away from it. Those who choose to deny uncertainty
invent a stable world of their own. Such people’s natural desire to
reduce uncertainty, which may be basic to the whole cognitive enterprise
of understanding the world, is taken to the extreme point where they
believe uncertainty does not exist…
Hastie, Reid; Dawes, Robyn M.. Rational Choice in an Uncertain World (p. 333). SAGE Publications. Kindle Edition.
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BUT, WAIT! THERE'S MORE...
We havin' fun yet?
Nonetheless, notwithstanding the yucks, let's not lose sight of the serious aspect (from my "Let Us Prey" post cited above).
Oh, please...
OK, Affirm or Deny whatever rings your bells to your hearts’ content. On your own dimes. Leave the rest of us out of it. We will not passively submit.
