1+ hour, 59+ min ago (107+ words) Though we rightly celebrate the young volunteers who went South in the civil rights movement of the 1960s, most stayed only several months or perhaps a few years. Nowadays few remember the names of the small number who remained for the balance of their lives, like Charles Sherrod in southwest Georgia and Robert Mants in Lowndes County, Ala. Similarly, two decades later, someone could decide to become a community organizer on the Far South Side of Chicago before leaving after three years for Harvard Law School, a life in electoral politics, and a lazy retirement in multiple mansions.The post Giant of the Senate appeared first on ....

2+ hour, 1+ min ago (52+ words) Leah Libresco Sargeant's latest book, The Dignity of Dependence, carries with it the subtitle: "A Feminist Manifesto." Where that word may conjure a certain harshness, however, Sargeant's book illustrates something much more gentle: a humane vision of the givenness of womanhood.The post A Kinder, Gentler Feminism appeared first on ....

2+ hour, 2+ min ago (1047+ words) Genesis 6 remains one of the most debated and controversial sections of the Bible. The extreme brevity yet massive implications of the description of the Nephilim " the wicked offspring of "the daughters of man" and "the sons of God" " have kept scholars locked in debate for well over two millennia.There are three main bodies of belief when it comes to the Nephilim: They were wicked humans spawned from the intermarriage of the godly line of Seth and the ungodly line of Cain; they were human tyrants born of kings claiming to be divine and their harems; or they were giant human-god hybrids created from the coupling of fallen angels and human women.Timothy Alberino " "explorer, teacher, real-life Indiana Jones, and the author of "Birthright: The Coming Posthuman Apocalypse and the Usurpation of Adam's Dominion on Earth" " falls into the latter…...

12+ hour, 54+ min ago (8+ words) 'I'm ready to take up that fight'...

15+ hour, 2+ min ago (579+ words) Elton John has recently praised President Donald Trump for his foreign policy work but stopped short of saying he was one of the nation's greatest presidents. Instead, the beloved musician explained what could cement Trump as one of the greatest American presidents ever to sit in the Oval Office.Last year, John called it "brilliant" when Trump labeled North Korean Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un "Rocket Man" in reference to one of John's songs, but the singer faced backlash over allegedly endorsing Trump for the 2024 presidential election.'If he wants to go down as one of the greatest presidents in history'John later clarified his position in an Instagram post, saying he was "simply acknowledging the fact that Trump has long been a fan" of John's music and that "historically he's been very kind" to him.Fast-forward to an interview with…...

17+ hour, 2+ min ago (410+ words) California once stood as the symbol of American innovation and unity " but today, it has become the warning sign for a nation in decline.Harmeet Dhillon and BlazeTV host Nicole Shanahan both live in California, and while it remains one of the most aesthetically beautiful places to live, policy and unity-wise, it is anything but beautiful.Some younger folks may not remember the time when people would be giving speeches on the opposite sides of something in Congress, and then they would play basketball together afterwards," Dhillon tells Shanahan.That doesn't happen any more in D.C., and it doesn't happen any more in Sacramento. I mean, Sacramento has become like the paradigm of, you know, just sclerotic inefficiency over there. It's just a one-party state, with terrible results for the consumers because of that," she continues.If we had a vibrant…...

18+ hour, 2+ min ago (400+ words) Charlie Sheen, who has historically been known for having more than a mild case of Trump derangement syndrome, recently opened up about changing his political views after taking a long look at the media he consumed. The famous actor joined Megyn Kelly in an interview published last Friday to discuss his turn away from the left and his embrace of the right. 'I'm going to do my own research like I've done with everything my entire life. I'm going to listen to other voices.'Kelly asked Sheen if he was getting more comfortable with expressing his political views, to which he replied: "I had to feel something different. Because I think we all, or a lot of us, remain beholden to the structure of the house that we were raised in with politics, with religion, with the arts, with culture....

18+ hour, 32+ min ago (556+ words) Sheriff's deputies in Wisconsin were called to a home on County Road M in Germania around 9:15 p.m. Nov. 12 for a report of a shooting, WSAW-TV reported. Germania is just under 70 miles northwest of Green Bay.The caller told dispatchers that a male " later identified as 74-year-old Brent Hofman " shot his friend in the home's garage, the station said.'We are devastated and heartbroken over the untimely loss of a wonderful man who meant so much to all of us.'The caller had locked himself in a building on the property and told dispatchers he would defend himself if necessary, WSAW reported.Hofman tried to enter the building where the caller had secured himself, the station said, adding that the caller fired his 22-caliber rifle in Hofman's direction through a glass door.When deputies arrived on scene, they found Hofman outside the…...

19+ hour, 10+ min ago (4+ words) 'CLOSED IN ITS ENTIRETY'...

19+ hour, 54+ min ago (7+ words) 'Do you want to go there?'...