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“United” or Faithful

February 7, 2017

Somewhere in the past, the United Methodist Church elevated “playing nice with others” to the highest call of the Gospel. …

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Hold the Line

February 7, 2017

I understand political differences. I teach political philosophy. My students would tell you I give much more vocal defenses of …

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At least I know I’m free

February 6, 2017

(Originally posted November 10, 2016.  To be honest, this post was pretty ungracious on my part. The day after the …

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Jesus, Anger, and Love

February 6, 2017

(Originally posted January 29, 2017) I’ve been thinking a lot lately about what made Jesus mad. Of the episodes in …

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Superpowers, the Middle East, and Refugees

February 6, 2017

(Originally posted December 23, 2016) One of the world’s great superpowers invaded and occupied a much smaller nation in the …

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A prayer for the president-elect

February 6, 2017

(Originally posted November 9, 2016) I’ll be praying the following prayer (or some version of it) for the foreseeable future. …

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Some thoughts on same-sex marriage

February 6, 2017

(Originally posted June 27, 2015) To those fellow-believers who have argued that “The government didn’t create marriage so the government …

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Welcome

February 6, 2017

Welcome to BenMallicote.com, and thanks for taking the time to seek this page out.  “The Con,” published below, is probably …

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The Con

February 6, 2017

You voted for Trump because Clinton was going to be in Wall Street’s pocket. Trump wants to repeal Dodd-Frank and …

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Academic Freedom

November 28, 2016

I’ve been reading the descriptions of the faculty on the Professor Watchlist, mostly curious about what percentage are women or …

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The Roundabout

This site is the work of five friends -- a lawyer (Ben), a minister (Brian), a philosopher (Brynn), a creative (Kanishka) and a historian (the pseudonymous GOPHistorian) --who have common interests but differing perspectives.

This place exists as an outlet for what we feel led to say about the world. There is a strong possibility you will disagree with some of what you read here -- heck, we disagree with some of what we read here -- and that's quite alright. We hope you find value where you can.

We want you to know that all of us have "real" jobs, families, and other responsibilities. We do this as a labor of love. (Some of us do it because we can't help ourselves.) And as much as we want to hear from and engage with you (and we do!) we're always going to put time with our families first. So if there's a delay in responding to you, or if we don't engage your valid criticism of something we've written right away, please accept our apologies in advance. We'd suggest going for a walk with your family or scratching your dog's ears, since that's probably what we're doing.

Thanks for taking the time.

- TR

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