✦

Cookies

Chaos

✦

On reaching Jerusalem, Jesus entered the temple courts and began driving out those who were buying and selling there.

He overturned the tables of the money changers and the benches of those selling doves, and would not allow anyone to carry merchandise through the temple courts.

And as he taught them, he said, "Is it not written: 'My house will be called a house of prayer for all nations'? But you have made it 'a den of robbers.'"

— Mark 11:15–17

From the Blog

What's New

The Kitchen

Grandma's Chocolate Chip Cookies
Recipe

Grandma's Chocolate Chip Cookies

The Kitchen

Zephyr Wright's White House Pecan Pie
Recipe

Zephyr Wright's White House Pecan Pie

The Kitchen

The White House chef who influenced LBJ on civil rights

The Library

Safety Through Solidarity
Social Justice

Safety Through Solidarity

Shane Burley & Ben Lorber

A radical guide to fighting antisemitism — how to build true safety through solidarity.

Caste
Social Justice

Caste

Isabel Wilkerson

The Pulitzer Prize-winning examination of the unspoken caste system that has shaped America.

The Capitol

Kristin Tips removed as TFSC Presiding Officer
Breaking News

Kristin Tips Out as Head of Embattled Texas Funeral Commission

KERA / Houston Chronicle / SA Express-News · Apr 14, 2026

Gov. Abbott's office confirmed Tips is no longer serving as presiding officer of the TFSC, ending a turbulent tenure marked by whistleblower retaliation and anti-Islam text revelations.

Texas Funeral Commission investigation
Investigative

'Widespread Rot': How the Texas Funeral Service Commission Imploded

Houston Chronicle · Feb 24, 2026

A Houston Chronicle investigation found the Texas agency is struggling with missing files, high staff turnover, and unanswered complaints.

The Vine

Coming Soon

Bible study, faith reflections & Christian living

✦

“I am the vine; you are the branches.”
— John 15:5

✦
"When politicians start talking about large groups of their fellow Americans as 'enemies,' it's time for a quiet stir of alertness. Polarizing people is a good way to win an election, and also a good way to wreck a country."

— Molly Ivins

✦
✦

Have a recipe question, a political scoop, or just want to say hello?