Spencer Grady-Pawl
Posts by Spencer Grady-Pawl (page 2)
Restore Sanity and Humanity: End the Authorization for Use of Military Force
Evolution is cool, huh? Animals adapt to new environments. Humans evolve to the point where we can conceive of, produce, and consume barbecue-flavored potato... Read More
The Failures of Conservatism in Higher Education
During my college application process, I kept a chart that showed the average high and low temperatures in January at each of the schools... Read More
Stop Jailing the Poor: Bail Reform Becoming a Priority
“I even got bit by a rat.” This quote from an inmate appeared in a July 5 article in the St. Louis American written... Read More
Ugly Ties: The Trump Administration and Hate Groups
The Trump administration has had no problem speaking to, working with, and headhunting from organizations classified as hate groups by the Southern Poverty Law... Read More
Which Televangelist Has the Best Ferrari?
The so-called prosperity gospel (sometimes referred to as the gospel of success) is similar to Reaganomics in that it relies on the idea that... Read More
Whose Body? The Vatican’s Silly Decree on Gluten-Free
I attended my first funeral when I was five, and this produced a very memorable question: "Daddy, why is the prime minister handing out... Read More
The Southern Baptist Convention Leaps Forward Into the 1960s
Write up a list of evil things in this world, from one to however many evils you can think of (off the top of... Read More