Russ McBee

On the drive home from work today, I saw a church sign that read simply, ''Proverbs 29:2.'' That was it. There was no expository text beyond the bare citation. When I got home, I looked it up: When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn. Appearing just one week after the election ...

David Neiwert, who has written extensively about eliminationist rhetoric from the right wing against liberals, had this to say about Sunday's tragedy in Knoxville: In reality, of course, rhetoric like this has historically played a critical role in some of the ugliest episodes in American history, as well as thousands of little acts of ...

Yesterday, a senseless act of non-random violence struck this city. A man, mad at the world and blaming liberals for his personal ills, targeted the innocent congregants of a progressive church in Knoxville, killing two and wounding seven. Like everyone else in Knoxville, I've spent the last couple of days in a state of shock over this. Described ...