Win Win
Anger Porridge
“This is why some conservatives need to stop eating their anger porridge every morning . . . for those who have been around the kind of things I write, you will know that I believe we are supposed to have enemies. And I also believe that it is most necessary that we fight them. At the same time, and this cannot be emphasized too much, we are under the strictest of orders to love our enemies (Matt. 5:44; Luke 6:27,35). Love is not inconsistent with a vigorous polemic. It is not inconsistent with prophetic rhetoric. It is inconsistent with scurrilous abuse.”
American Milk and Honey, pp. 10-11
A Lop-Eared Son of a Sea Cook
Introduction: Some have raised a question about the propriety of my Haman letter at such a time as this. The question is whether we really need to debate this Jew thing during this season of Christmas. ...
Impossible In Fact
“It is hard to see straight and see red at the same time.”
American Milk and Honey, p. 9
December Letters Come in December—Nothing Can Be Done
Letter to the Editor: Excuse me? Did you just equate the faithful supplanter bride Esther with those who were given a certificate of divorce? In case I’m reading the story wrong didn’t ...
And the Beads Are Green
“Our modern political tangles are a veritable festival of envy, everywhere you look. Trying to find envy in our political disputes—and especially when it involves the Jews—is like trying to find some beads at the New Orleans Mardi Gras parade.”
American Milk and Honey, p. 9
That Hellcat (((Esther))) and Haman, the First Martyr of Noticing
Dear comrades and brothers in arms, I am writing to you three weeks after the funeral of Haman, and two weeks after the horrific putsch, orchestrated by that pestilent fellow (((Mordecai))). Insolent Jew. Pretends to be loyal to the God of his fathers, but then swanks around in that adopted name of Mordecai—dedicated to Marduk, …
Out of Principle
“Envy sharpens its teeth every night.”
American Milk and Honey, p. 8
A Little Worrisome
Along All the Wires
“Apart from Christ, the electric crackle of envy runs along all the wires. Everything is hooked up to this particular grid. The current flows from Gentile to Jew, Jew to Gentile, white to black, black to white, short to tall, fat to skinny, and so on—mimetic desire and carping envy are absolutely everywhere and in everything. People who dismiss this with a wave of the hand do not understand the Scriptures, and they are blind when it comes to identifying one of the mainsprings of all unregenerate human action. The prohibition of envy and covetousness (‘of anything that is your neighbor’s’) is in the Ten Commandments for a reason” ().
American Milk and Honey, p. 5