Christopher Candy
Historian/Medievalist/Teacher. 14th century Britain, Anglo-Scottish Wars, history of tech, and commerce. PhD Uni of Durham (UK). History Department Chair at an independent school in the South. Opinions my own.
- Reposted by Christopher CandyPope Leo's first sermon and, uh, his using the phrase "be ever more fully a city set upon a hill" and cf'ing it to Rev 21:10 instead of any of the others before saying "many baptized Christians" are "living in a state of practical atheism" is. Well. Shots fired! www.npr.org/2025/05/09/g...
- So, it seems to me that nearly everyone betting on who’d be Pope ignored all sorts of “Francis wants this guy” signals because we’re all caught up in Trump-warps-everything world, and the only people who picked up on the giant “this guy!” Signal were the Cardinals themselves?
- What is with the love for consultants in so many fields? Almost every experience I’ve had with them results in paying through the nose to get recommendations and programs that destroy morale, wipe out marketable uniqueness and strengths, and result in bland meaningless output no one wants to buy.
- Reposted by Christopher CandyIt's also impressive that a man could maintain his faith in a just and loving God while being a White Sox fan.
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- Preparing my 'The 8th amendment protection against cruel and unusual punishment does not apply to a private school' arguments for when kids later today will ask to not have to take the AP Gov test next week.
- If you can't figure out which side to be on when it's Big Bird and Cookie Monster vs. those who would end them... I mean, come on.
- You can't tell me shipping prisoners of any stripe to CECOT isn't also a violation of the 'cruel and unusual punishment' prohibition in the 8th Amendment.
- I keep wondering how much of our current situation is based on the American fantasy that in every scenario there is a 'right' choice, rather than sometimes your only choices are negative ones, and you have to pick the least negative.
- Reposted by Christopher CandyIt’s easy to be cynical about public opinion, but scholars of authoritarianism are pretty clear that there’s a serious difference in what an autocrat polling at 80% and what one polling at 40% can do. Not obeying in advance includes not surrendering to specious narratives of omnipotence.
- Reposted by Christopher CandyTrump’s trade war has caused nearly a 50% year-over-year drop at West Coast ports. There’s a supply chain breakdown just like we saw during COVID and we’re about to get slammed with higher prices. P
- What does it say of so many Christians that they so fear living near sin that they would condone committing greater sins of cruelty to expunge the sins of others.
- So, is this right? Ignoring the laughable supposed events in the courthouse, the FBI arrested that judge for interfering with an administrative warrant? You know, the ones that don't even provide the legal basis to require anyone to open their front door to ICE, let alone interfere in a courthouse?
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- I cannot emphasize this enough; the Constitution protects rights not by asserting the positive rights of citizens, but instead by denying the government the ability to abuse rights. The target of the abuse is not defined and does not matter; the government isn't allowed to do that to anyone.
- Most Americans could have their bandwidth for news filled by an 80’s era pager. It almost doesn’t matter how bad the media is when most people never read more than the most biased part - the headline.
