Vance is "a persistent ethnic demagogue. He associates immigrants with separatism, crime, and disease. He knows that many Americans don’t like the languages and customs these people bring, and he’s happy to exploit that friction."
"He’s also selective and opportunistic," as his latest tweet shows. "While castigating Ukrainian Americans wh…
This piece by James Emanuel Shapiro is really important and I hope folks give it some thought. Basically: the business landscape for indie films has totally collapsed—thanks to the closing theatrical window, the collapse of transactional business (both in terms of VOD and physical media sales), and decreasing prices for streaming sales—a…
I found this bit in Matt’s post really fascinating, and something I’ll pay more attention to while reviewing Pacem in Terris for my CST course this weekend
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"The situation facing Democrats is different from the first Trump administration, in which the grassroots was mostly in harmony with elected leadership." A common enemy is not enough.
UPDATE: Card. Dolan clarifies his comments from the past weekend:
“When I announced that the Holy Father was ‘near death’ without any apparent evidence or corroboration, I wasn't trying to make a medical assessment. All that I was hoping to communicate to my congregation, and to all people of good will in the archdiocese of New York, was that it would be cool if the Pope died, because then maybe I could be Pope, and everyone should think about what a good Pope I would be, and possibly tell me di…