Substack Posts by Shawn Patrick Connelly: "I Was Wrong About Barack Obama" and the follow-up "The Cave Writes Back"

Shawn Patrick Connelly posts on Substack under the title, "Drink Wisely." On May 13, Connelly posted a thoughtful, lengthy essay entitled, "I Was Wrong About Barack Obama." In this analytical piece, Connelly reflects on his evolving perceptions, as a white US-American Evangelical, on various public matters--particularly on his views of Barack Obama (in comparison to Donald Trump). Among other important points, Connelly describes "what ideological deconstruction feels like from the inside: not a dramatic awakening but a gradual and uncomfortable recognition that the map you were handed does not match the territory you’ve been walking through."

Because the post received unprecedented feedback, Connelly posted a follow-up piece, "The Cave Writes Back." I commend both pieces for your careful consideration.

Comments welcome--but only after reading both pieces. Thank you.

By Isaac Saul of Tangle: "The everything, everywhere, all at once corruption story."

Here is how Isaac Saul begins his regular "Tangle" newsletter: I'm Isaac Saul, and this is Tangle: an independent, nonpartisan, subscriber-supported politics newsletter that summarizes the best arguments from across the political spectrum on the news of the day — then “my take.”

Last Friday, May 1, Saul's piece was entitled, "The everything, everywhere, all at once corruption story." By popular demand, Tangle removed the paywall to make the whole article as widely accessible as possible. The full article is available here -- and I very much encourage you to read it (as well as some of the reader comments).

The article received so much response that Saul just posted a follow-up piece entitled, "I'm responding to criticisms of my Trump corruption piece." That response is available here. I encourage you to read this response as well.

Toward the beginning of the May 1 article, Saul writes: "After reviewing the evidence of the first 15 months of President Trump’s second term, I believe the president is profiting off the office and making foreign policy decisions based on business interests to a level we’ve never seen or even conceived of before, and apparently nothing is being done to stop it."

Saul ends his piece with the melancholic, "are there enough of us left who actually care?" As a follower of Jesus Christ and as a US citizen, I must care -- enough at least to help point out the unprecedented, blatant corruption by this POTUS taking place in plain daylight.

Comments welcome -- but only after you have read Saul's article and follow-up response.