“The best lightening rod for your own protection is your own spine.”

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I’m sure by now you’ve already seen the video evidence that President Trump was quoting the evil-doer Bane from the Batman universe.  In Batman movie The Dark Knight Rises, the bad guy Bane makes a speech (actually referencing some key aspects of the French Revolution…I use the speech in my classes when I teach on the…

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“There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love.”   So wrote John, one of the disciples of Jesus towards the end of his life.  While initially, he was known as a loud, perhaps even…

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