Hispanics often celebrate Saint Valentine’s Day as a Day of Love and Friendship. How ironic is the February 14, 2017 Charlotte Observer headline. A former supporter of George W. Bush’s compassionate conservatism, Larry knows that a nation of laws must be a nation of compassionate law.
Continue reading →Larry was once taught that the institutional church and the kingdom of God were the same. Experience, however, has taught him differently. Larry grew up during racial segregation. Being a church leader involved in Hispanic outreach has resurfaced old questions about social responsibility.
Continue reading →Larry opens his heart on behalf of the status of immigrant families now victimized by an environment of fear and hate.
Continue reading →No doubt, you have experienced that moment of TV or movie suspense when the camera angle leaves the potential victim vulnerable to some unseen threat lingering just off-screen. Yet the music and framing make clear that you should be afraid. … Continue reading →
Continue reading →A portrait of Andrew Jackson now keeps a watchful eye in the Oval Office, often appearing over President Trump’s left shoulder. White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon likes to cast the president as Jacksonian.
Jackson, well-known for his forcible removal of large numbers of American residents, made no secret of his belief in white supremacy. Continue reading →Donald Trump is not particularly known as a man of prayer.
While his well-crafted speech sought to emphasize the spiritual over the material, his obsession with his own successes was again on display, . Continue reading →There is a reason the novel is popular after 68 years. George Orwell’s study of the art of lying for political profit is finding modern-day relevance.
The 1949 novel, Nineteen Eighty-Four has once again become a best-seller, with additional printings ordered.
George Orwell invented words such as Doublethink and Newspeak. Like Winston Smith (the propagandist working for The Ministry of Truth), spokesman Sean Spicer has specialized in turning falsehoods into truth.
Larry recalls an interview between MSNBC Craig Melvin and Sean Spicer in 2016.
Continue reading →President Trump has reportedly criticized his Press Secretary for not wearing a dark suit. This may be the least of Sean Spicer’s challenges.
To be the spokesman for an administration at war with the very press corps that he must face daily will undoubtedly prove daunting.
Continue reading →Illegitimate means “not authorized by the law; not in accordance with accepted standards or rules. Example: “an illegitimate exercise of power.”
Legality and Legitimacy are not always the same thing, Larry explains in this analysis of the Trump campaign and of the first four full days of the Trump presidency.
Continue reading →Larry has followed with interest and empathy the political challenges of former Texas Governor Rick Perry.
The irony of his appointment as Secretary of the Department of Energy gives Christians an opportunity for a reflective pause. Continue reading →
