The Parrhesians
Tom O’Boyle
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How the news media lost America’s trust
How the news media lost trust: a Post-Gazette column on Mt. Lebanon, Tom’s rebuttal, Uri Berliner’s NPR critique.
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All the light we cannot see
Chasing the total solar eclipse in Ohio, the precision of creation, and a funeral homily on the shadow of death.
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Lebo Pride and Prejudice
Recently, Columbia Journalism Review reported that when 2,529 people were offered free subscriptions to their local newspaper (the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and the Philadelphia Inquirer), only 44 accepted the offer. This item was under the headline:…
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Biden’s cognitive decline
Hur report on Biden’s memory, Trump’s legal cases, Tom’s GE book fight, Navalny, the presbytery lawsuit and postponed EPC vote.
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O’Bservations, January 26, 2024
Good morning. This past month has been my “Groundhog Day” while reading the news. You’ll no doubt recall the movie of that same name (one of my favorites), when actor Bill Murray endlessly…
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We live in unstable times, even in our church
Hamas attack on Israel and media errors, Pastor Nate’s resignation, the Administrative Commission report, Session’s move to leave the EPC.
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Reality is pretty strange these days, isn’t it?
Trump documents indictment, Musk and Zuckerberg feud, post-Covid behavior, turmoil at Beverly Heights and charges filed with the presbytery.
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Pushing on, in a fallen and utterly confused world
Three questions of the moment: what is a woman, a vaccine, a recession, with faithfulness as the church’s response.
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The end of Roe v. Wade
Dobbs overturns Roe, progressive Fourth of July reactions, culture of life, threats to justices, Franklin’s warning about keeping the republic.
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The trans movement and Roe v. Wade
Gender instruction in local schools, Trueman’s Strange New World, leaked Dobbs draft opinion, Yale Law protest against Kristen Waggoner.