On FB I re-posted “What I Get from Christians...” [FN1] A person I met in Gloucester in 2017 [FN2] [FN3] replied: “I am a Jesus follower. I didn’t know you wanted to discuss it.” Some far right ppl, to grab power, feed on misconceptions about sep’n of church & State. 1/9

Preacher Micah Beckwith [FN4] is one of them. He congratulated S Carolina’s GOP nominee for Gov (who says women should not have the right to vote). [FN5] Beckwith says only Christians can be moral. [FN6] Beckwith…

The text seemingly was sent to (a) candidates 2 GOP state convention in June and not (b) members of the Micah Beckwith [FN1] fan club. I’m in (a). [FN2] ers The text was short, but Hoosiers saw the same substance 100 years ago. [FN3] Here’s the main part of the text: 1/8

“Our state needs leaders who will have the energy, determination, and the courage to fight the woke agenda, make Indiana affordable, and protect our Constitutional rights.” It’s plausible that Beckwith has energy, but…

A cynic who reads campaign literature of the 6 people [FN1] running to be the GOP’s nominee for IN Governor might say each wants to out-Jesus the others. Non-cynics already reached that conclusion. The 6 might even try to beat each other with a trump-indorsed bible. 1/8

They oppose women’s reproductive rights. One of the 6 will be the GOP nominee for Gov after May 7's primary. In recent elections, a victory by that nominee would be considered a “gimme.” After SCOTUS’s decision in…

Last week I was struck by how empty downtown Indy is. Courts and the people, in various jobs & in whatever offices, that are part of that system, moved a couple of miles away to the “new” Justice Center on Southeastern Avenue. Businesses cannot survive without customers. 1/5

City-County Council throws $$$ at developers to go along w/land also gifted. The “mixed use” buildings (usually apartments over a floor of whatever businesses can be lured downtown) go up. I point out absence…