Happy May Day, comrades! The revolution progresses forward, with a new Ministry of Truth to punish, er, correct opposing views, and the economy is now contracting, just as it does in all socialist systems during economic "recovery."
Meanwhile, the privileged elite -- those who can party in a crowded hall without masks, even as they mask-shame the rest of us and demand harsh new rules -- are still digesting last night's White House Correspondents' Association dinner.
Wasn't it fun to see Uncle Joe there? Ah, yes, a return to normal -- when the press corps actually accepted the results of democratic elections, and rubbed shoulders with the very people they are supposed to be holding accountable.
Luckily, there is room for hope, now that Twitter is in the hands of a different oligarch. Biden is still doing more to defend Ukraine's border than our own, but his administration is basically done, and awaits harsh judgment in November.
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Rep. Ralph Norman (R-SC) - to discuss the border, DHS, and Twitter
James Carafano - Heritage Foundation expert on what's next in Ukraine
Pastor Marc Little - on the football prayer case at the Supreme Court
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This week’s portion launches the great story of Abraham, who is told to leave everything of his life behind — except his immediate family — and to leave for “the Land that I shall show you.”
There’s something interesting in the fact that Abraham is told to leave his father’s house, as if breaking away from his father’s life — but his father, in fact, began the journey, moving from Ur to Haran (in last week’s portion). His father set a positive example — why should Abraham leave him?
Some obvious answers suggest themselves — adulthood, needing to make one’s own choices, his father not going far enough, etc.
But I think there is another answer. Abraham (known for the moment as Abram) needs to establish his own household. This is not just about making one’s own choice, but really about choosing one’s own starting point. It’s starting over.
Sometimes we start over in fundamental ways even if much that surrounds us remains the same. Sometimes the journey we have to ...
The story of Noah is familiar; the details, less so.
Noah is often seen as an ambivalent figure. He was righteous -- but only for his generation. What was his deficiency?
One answer suggests itself: knowing that the world was about to be flooded, he built an Ark for the animals and for his own family -- but did not try to save anyone else or to convince them to repent and change their ways (the prophet Jonah, later, would share that reluctance).
Abraham, later, would set himself apart by arguing with God -- with the Lord Himself! -- against the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, saying that they should be saved if there were enough righteous people to be found (there were not).
Still, Noah was good enough -- and sometimes, that really is sufficient to save the world. We don't need heroes every time -- just ordinary decency.
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