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Royal Wedding Minister Leads Protesters To The White House

May 26, 2018 5:39 am

Reprinted with permission from Shareblue.com

After delivering a stirring sermon at last weekend’s Royal Wedding in London that turned him into an international media star, Episcopal Presiding Bishop Michael Curry was back home in the United States on Thursday night — leading a march to the gates outside the White House to protest “a dangerous crisis of moral and political leadership.”

Adding his voice to the progressive Christian movement in the age of Trump, Curry and an array of clergy members preached defiance against hate, while addressing an overflow crowd of more than 1,000 people at the National City Christian Church.…

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The Beautiful American — And The Ugly One

May 25, 2018 4:10 am

Reprinted with permission from Creators.

Simply, she’s the best of times, the spring sun. He’s the worst of times, the darkness before the dawn.

The world witnessed a walking American Revolution in Meghan “Sparkle” Markle, who marched down the aisle alone to marry the sweet English Prince Harry. He looked dashing in a black frock coat uniform while the bride wore white satin — black and white, get it? The contrast was in plain sight.

Alone, fancy that! Under those fascinators were a sea of raised eyebrows. The biracial Californian actress Markle, now the Duchess of Sussex, was a sight to behold in ancient Windsor Castle.…

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A Singular Mother

May 24, 2018 4:18 am

Reprinted with permission from Creators.

At the last minute, with an unfortunate combination of bad news and gratuitous drama, the divorced father was unable to attend his daughter’s wedding.

Who hasn’t heard a version of that story? It’s always something with these broken families, as we love to call them. As if every intact family were not a collection of negotiated crevices and mended cracks. These fairy tales about marriage run deep.

This is where it gets complicated. This particular wedding would be watched by nearly 30 million people in America alone, and the bride was about to become not princess for a day but a princess for real.…

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Obama Tries To Limit Fallout From British EU Exit Vote

The Brexit result rattled Wall Street and many other financial markets, with global stock markets losing about $2 trillion in value on Friday. Obama had warned during a visit to London in April against Brexit, or Britain's exit from the EU, in an unusually strong intervention into British politics.

Alt-Right Emboldened

Trump’s campaign has already energized the once-struggling white nationalist movement. Brexit—living proof that virulently nativist politics can find their way into the mainstream and can deal a severe blow to the global order within the confines of the democratic process—can only embolden them.

The Donald Trump Apology Tour

While greatly admiring Obama's polish on the world stage, I did find these we're-not-perfect flourishes to be mildly irritating. We're all flawed nations talking to other flawed nations. No need to publicly admit one's faults. This is not couples therapy.