"Freedom and Constraint" (Bradley Onishi and Daniel Miller; Straight White American Jesus podcast) It's in the Code ep 180

Josh Hawley argues that "modern-day Epicureans" abandon all notions of "history, family, home, and tradition." He argues that without these, humans have no identity, and that these "Epicureans" have no real sense of who they are. 

But is this true? 

Does everyone who disagrees with Hawley's understanding of the human person lack any identity? And do "history, family, home, and tradition" really define us completely? 

Join Dan for this week's episode and find out!

Interview: 

https://www.straightwhiteamericanjesus.com/episodes/its-in-the-code-ep-180-freedom-and-constraint?hsLang=en

Gridiron Dinner Appears To Rebuke Trump With Break From Tradition | HuffPost Latest News

The annual Gridiron Club and Foundation Dinner — for the first time in its 140-year history — did not raise a glass to the sitting president, reported multiple media outlets. 

Instead, attendees at Saturday's closed-door event at the Grand Hyatt Washington toasted the First Amendment...

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/gridiron-dinner-donald-trump-move_n_67d7c5dce4b041fe9a9c977f

Opinion | Why Does the Right Hate America? - The New York Times

And if you would prefer a society with more traditional social relationships, more people practicing traditional forms of religion and so on, that's your right. But don't claim, falsely, that society is collapsing because it doesn't match your preferences or blame liberalism for every social problem...

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/06/opinion/columnists/united-states-right-social-change.html

Orthodox Church under fire in Romania after baby dies following baptism

...Local media recounted several similar incidents in recent years. Church spokesman Vasile Banescu said priests could pour a little water on the baby's forehead instead of full immersion. But Archbishop Teodosie, leader of the Church's traditionalist wing, said the ritual would not change...

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/feb/04/orthodox-church-baptism-under-fire-in-romania-after-babys-death

The Safest Ways to Celebrate Thanksgiving in a Pandemic - The Atlantic

...Maybe most important, this year is an opportunity to bond over the moral certainty of the moment. At its core, Thanksgiving is a nebulous day of atoning for the sins of colonialism by eating food and saying thank you. Now families and friends and communities can work together to achieve something meaningful and good: ending the pandemic. All you're asked to do is eat food at home...

https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2020/11/pandemic-thanksgiving/617119/

Circumcision - YouTube

An original argument constructed to counter a practice. The Practice: Removing the foreskin from a boy's penis without his informed consent. ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3z5OESt3TCg