We hope as you enjoy your weekend you’ll also find some time to kick back and survey some of the best writing from around the web. Check them out, but don’t miss Hulafrog’s Weekend Guide for some other great things to enjoy over the weekend.
- “Clementa Pinckney, Slain Pastor Of Emanuel AME, Said The Church Is About Freedom”, by Braden Goyette, from the Huffington Post.
Clementa C. Pinckney. - “Could we not argue that America is about freedom whether we live it out or not? Freedom, equality and the pursuit of happiness. And that is what church is all about: freedom to worship and freedom from sin, freedom to be full of what God intends us to be, and to have equality in the sight of God. And sometimes you got to make noise to do that. Sometimes you may have to die like Denmark Vesey to do that. Sometimes you have to march, struggle and be unpopular to do that.”–Clementa C. Pinckney (1973-2015)
- “Using Guns in Self-Defense Is Rare, Study Finds“, by Michael McLaughlin, the Huffington Post.
- A new study suggests the benefits of gun ownership are harder to pin down than most think.
- “Roger Eberts Final Cartoon Captions“, by Robert Mankoff, from The New Yorker.
- Memoirist, film critic, and enthusiastic cartoon caption contest participator, Roger Ebert wore many hats during his lifetime. Mankoff’s pays tribute to the late Chicago newspaper man by selecting his favorite Ebert captions submitted over the years. Reader be warned: some of them are less than work appropriate!
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