David B. Gowler

All Trumpist fascists lie as they breathe. Constant lying is integral & essential to being a Trumpist fascist. They are anti-truth. Confronting them with undeniable truth does not deter them from lying, as they demonstrate every day.

What can Renaissance art and Howard Thurman tell us about the prodigal son? Insights about Jesus' parable from the great theologian Howard Thurman can enhance our appreciation of Dürer's "The Prodigal Son Among the Pigs" and the spiritual journey it can evoke.

This captures the gist of what we're doing in my class on Howard Thurman today: www.ncronline.org/culture/what...

Some things never change.

Indiana bill would eliminate ‘low earning’ degrees The proposal now heads to Republican Gov. Mike Braun’s desk and would take effect July 1 if he signs off on it.

I guess we don't need teachers anymore

Westerners do not understand the volitility of religious assassinations. It will induce an ancient rage we have tamped down with war restraint since WW2.
We have no idea the effects of the religious purges Netanyahu and his hard right religious backers are engaged in right now.

you can have a dinner that celebrates the First Amendment or a dinner that features Donald Trump but you cannot have both

But I was told that the Dow was over $50,000. Is that not right?

Congrats!!!

It's been a long time since I've had a scholarly network on here (or anywhere), but this feels worth announcing: my first book is officially under contract with Oxford University Press! Provisional title: "Teaching the Gospel: Ancient Pedagogy and the Earliest Gospel Readers"

Gotta love how academic books don't earn you money, but LLMs can make money off of stealing them in the aggregate and if you write enough, they can also profit from stealing your personality after you are dead.

A pdf or html version may be found here: linopt.tienchih.org

A portion of the proceeds supports the Prison Math Project @prisonmathproject.bsky.social

Linear Optimization: A Geometric Inquiry Course "Linear Optimization: A Geometric Inquiry Course" is an inquiry based learning text for an undergraduate course in linear optimization. Taking a geometric vantage point to build intuition, students wo...

It's finally here! "Linear Optimization: A Geometric Inquiry Course" gives an inquiry based course in linear optimization supplemented by technology for intuition building. A great class for interests in either pure or applied math! Physical Copies now on sale: www.619wreath.com/store/p53/Li...

Pete Hegseth’s Crazed, Angry Tirades on Iran Give Dems a Big Opening It’s not enough for Democrats to say Trump’s war rationales haven’t been fully explained. The problem is that they are patently false.

Pete Hegseth's crazed rants at reporters reveal that Trump's rationales for attacking Iran are incoherent, confused, and based on lies. Dems don't have to take refuge in criticizing Trump's war on purely procedural grounds. They can go much harder. 1/

(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2072...

Everything is fine

What can you even say? These people deserve their inevitable humiliation and the nation deserves journalists with more self-respect.

In Republican Win, Supreme Court Retains G.O.P. District in New York

The Supreme Court ruled that New York City's white voters need emergency protection.

honestly, this goes in the war crimes prosecution file, a pretty clear declaration that the mission is not guided by rules rooted in the law of armed conflict

Rijksmuseum reveals painting to be early work by Rembrandt 17th-century Dutch master’s Vision of Zacharias in the Temple to go on display this week

www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...

Minnesota would like a word.

10-Minute Challenge: Klimt’s Woman in Gold (Gift Article) We’d like you to look at one piece of art for 10 minutes, uninterrupted.

www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

"That's the way it is," says the five-time draft dodger to our military families who fear their loved one in uniform could be next.

What a disgrace.

Iranian schoolgirls, U.S. troops, Israeli villagers, random Emiratis, Pakistani rioters and maybe a couple folks in a bar in Texas — all dead because of a vainglorious American dictator

How ICE’s Budget Boom Is Changing Immigration Detention Last year’s multibillion-dollar funding package has allowed the government to put more immigrants behind bars, often in worse conditions and with little oversight.

The Trump administration is using billions of dollars in ICE funding to put more immigrants behind bars than ever before, often in inhumane conditions with little or no oversight. It’s a recipe for a human rights disaster. bit.ly/4qWSVQ4

A mad king’s illegal war on Iran is a cry for regime change...in Washington | Will Bunch Democracy really did die in darkness as Donald Trump’s unconstitutional war on Iran stamps America as a dictatorship.

My instant reaction at 3 a.m. yesterday was not whether Khamenei would be killed or oil prices or anything else but this

This undeclared, unexplained war is illegal. Full stop

28 hours later, it is still the worse abuse of power in U.S. history. Impeach

My column www.inquirer.com/opinion/trum...

Hard to watch. Hopefully they can do better at MBS next Saturday.

If the war goes on
will we close the doors to heaven,
if the war goes on,
will we breach the gates of hell;
if the war goes on,
will we ever be forgiven,
if the war goes on....

Words & music John L. Bell & Graham Maule, Iona Community, Wild Good Publications

If the war goes on
and the rich increase their fortunes
and the arms sales soar
as new weapons are displayed,
when a fertile field
turns to-no-man's-land tomorrow,
who'll approve such trade?

YouTube video by stainedglasshymns If The War Goes On

If the war goes on
and the children die of hunger,
and the old men weep
for the young men are no more,
and the women learn
how to dance without a partner
who will keep the score?
youtu.be/46XPtGXl4QM?...