During Advent, expectant alertness is commended to us as a lived attitude. Shall we live it out in song?
David Dark
David Dark teaches at the Tennessee Prison for Women and Belmont University in Nashville. His work has appeared on MTV News, and he is the author of Life’s Too Short To Pretend You’re Not Religious.
Posted inIdeas, Politics & Society
Why are Republicans sticking with Trump? Peer pressure—and we’re all susceptible to it.
If the price of admission within your peer group is the frequent suppression of your conscience, I would like to argue that the price is too high.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
We are living in an apocalypse
The coronavirus pandemic has caused our world, as we know it, to end. But there might be a better world around the bend, a better arrangement than the one we have grown used to.
Posted inNews Analysis, Politics & Society
We need to stop reacting to Trump—and start responding. There’s a big difference.
We need not continue to enable the enablers of disinformation.
Posted inNews Analysis, Politics & Society
Robert Mueller is the man with nothing to prove
An obsession with the ‘optics’ of Robert Mueller’s testimony misses the point, writes David Dark. Watching this thoughtful and unperturbed man is a reminder of a path we are each free to take at any time.
Posted inArts & Culture, Music
Why does U2 irk so many people? A look at their struggle for pop hits and social justice
Is it possible to seek total global pop domination and to remain somehow soulful, sane and socially righteous?
Posted inFeatures, Politics & Society
In the age of Trump, can Mr. Rogers help us manage our anger?
The PBS host once asked, “What do you do with the mad that you feel?” The question is as relevant as ever.