Robert Heckner

"far left" is when you run on a platform of free busses and think ethnic cleansing is bad.

The obsession with white male conservatives as a beacon of authenticity means that the left is desperate for a guy who looks like John Fetterman and votes like Bernie Sanders. But the guys who look like John Fetterman vote like John Fetterman.

What I don't have in experience, I make up for in integrity.

And what Andrew Cuomo lacks in integrity, he could never make up for with experience.

(not that I, an Anglican of a rather decidedly “left” political persuasion at this point, would say that everything in CST is good, but some of it definitely is)

Constantly amused at people (re)discovering Catholic social teaching and either (a) being really mad about it or (b) struggling to integrate the idea that a multi-centuries long, massive, diverse religious tradition isn’t all the bad stuff about it but has some good stuff too…

Andrew Cuomo tweet: @ZohranKMamdani's "plan" provides no relief for working families who take the subway, and unnecessary benefits to wealthy New Yorkers who take the bus and can afford the fare. I focus on working families, while @ZohranKMamdani the mansion boy focuses on helping the rich.

[Me, a poor, on the subway, glowering jealously at all those fat cat, fancy pants rich people on the public bus]

Rotating view of Southport Marina in Kenosha, with Lake Michigan in the background. // Image captured at: 2025-10-05 23:11:16 UTC (about 25 min. prior to this post) // Current Temp in Kenosha: 77.45 F | 25.25 C // Precip: haze // Wind: SSW at 13.802 mph | 22.21 kph // Humidity: 42%

Current* conditions near Kenosha, WI:

transformative act, such that anything read is made into a piece of Christian liturgical rhetoric. Thus, the problem of reading “non-Christian” scripture in a Christian liturgy seems not to be that goes against Christianity but that it inappropriately Christianizes other faiths. (2/2)

I have heard that “non-Christian” scripture was recently read during a TEC service. I have a problem with that, yes, but not the any of the ones I have heard voiced. My problem is that it seems to me that the very act of reading something in the liturgical context is a performative and (1/2)

Glad that I got to learn about the new Archbishop of Canterbury while with other Episcopal/ Anglican opinion-havers, much fun was had by all.

Increasingly of the mind that the "distraction" rhetoric comes from a deeply-rooted belief that what we're witnessing is merely a form of dictatorial cosplay.

The problem which is apparently invisible for some reason is that even assuming this were true, laughing it off is unacceptable.

Anyone who says "This is what they voted for" in response to the tragedy unfolding in Texas is having a vile thought and needs to sit shamefully in a corner until they learn what solidarity is.

we told you the Supreme Court sucks

I think in 50 years people will look at this interview like we look at the anti-Catholic xenophobia surrounding JFK’s campaign. “Senator, can you assure the American people you’re not planning a Papist takeover of our fine WASP republic?”

Such beauty in life

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