Micah Tillman

Today should be one of the more interesting in recent memory. Not only is Hillary Clinton officially ending her campaign today, but I’m delivering the commencement address at my first alma mater.
High schools count as alma maters, right?
Mt. Sophia Academy is the homeschool diploma program/private school my mother, Vicki Tillman, and Marilyn Groop started back [...]

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Two posts to consider from NRO’s The Corner:
Mark Krikorian:

The distinction between conservationists and environmentalists that Jonah mentions in his column — conservationists as stewards of the Earth, environmentalists as worshipers of the Earth — cuts through other areas as well. For instance, supporters of the humane treatment of animals often support the same goals as [...]

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[pt. 1 & pt. 2]
From the Compassion Forum, last Sunday, at a college in a small town in Pennsylvania:
CLINTON: [T]he incredible demands that God places on us and that the prophets ask of us, and that Christ called us to respond to on behalf of the poor are unavoidable.
And it’s always been curious to me [...]

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[pt. 1 is here]
From the Compassion Forum, last Sunday, at a college in a small town in Pennsylvania:
CLINTON: So maybe . . . this impoverishment of body and soul is what we are expected to be spending our time responding to, and so few of us do.
Even those who are doing wonderful work [...]

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From the Compassion Forum, last Sunday, at a college in a small town in Pennsylvania:
CLINTON: . . . [W]hat that means to me is that in the face of suffering, there is no doubt in my mind that God calls us to respond. . . .
. . . [I]n my Judeo-Christian faith tradition . . [...]

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Both Senators Clinton and Obama talked about “the promise of America” in the opening minutes of tonight’s debate. Which is just what I would expect them to do.

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My reaction to this is . . . I don’t know:
Clinton and Obama, in back-to-back interviews, will field questions from CNN’s Campbell Brown and Newsweek’s Jon Meacham as well as prominent members from the faith community. The Compassion Forum, sponsored by Faith in Public Life, will air at 8 p.m. ET on April 13.
The forum [...]

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I’ve got a new article up at The Free Liberal. You can read it here.

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I have  a new article up at The Free Liberal. You can read it here.

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I have a new article up at The Free Liberal. You can read it here.

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