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What does “steal the election” mean?

The president can’t cancel the 2020 presidential election, but he can find ways to “steal” it, as Joe Biden said last night. The debacle in Georgia Tuesday is a case in point. The Washington press corps doesn’t seem to be taking the possibility seriously. I suppose it’s hard to take something seriously when it sounds…

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The George Floyd protests are demonstrations of political power, to be sure, but they are more than that, I think. They are the foundation, or the beginnings of a foundation, of a religious movement in which liberal politics converge with faith put into action, or good works. This religious movement has the potential, I think,…

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The George Floyd protests are demonstrations of political power, to be sure, but they are more than that, I think. They are the foundation, or the beginnings of a foundation, of a religious movement in which liberal politics converges with faith put into action, or good works. This religious movement has the potential, I think,…

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It’s Sunday. With my family, I’m watching online services by the Unitarian Society of New Haven. I’m doing this after having watched a video of an Amish family singing and praying and protesting in Minneapolis the murder of George Floyd by a white cop. Together, these get me to wondering if what we’re seeing is…