Andy Rowell

You Retweeted Matthew Soerens @MatthewSoerens · Sep 26 . @WorldRelief Denounces Proposed FY2020 Refugee Cap of 18,000 World Relief Denounces Proposed FY2020 Refugee Cap of 18,000 — World Relief Today, the Trump administration announced its intention to set a refugee... Read more →

A thread by Andy Rowell It would take 20 of 53 Republican Senators to convict Trump of impeachment charges. 22 voted against his wrongdoing at least once (of 3 instances) in 2019. Recall Jeff Sessions was the only Republican senator... Read more →

You Retweeted Ashley Parker @AshleyRParker · Sep 25 Among the invited Republican lawmakers: Representatives Liz Cheney, Doug Collins, Matt Gaetz, Jim Jordan, Kevin McCarthy, Mark Meadows, Devin Nunes + Steve Scalise. And Senators Capito, Cramer, Johnson, Perdue + Risch Quote... Read more →

A thread by Andy Rowell Dear Church Board, I would like our church to consider not doing Operation Christmas Child. Franklin Graham made $636,451 from Samaritan's Purse, and hundreds of thousands from BGEA, and he is one of President Trump's... Read more →

You Retweeted Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux @ameliatd · Sep 20 Replying to @sullivanamy It seems low to me as well. But another way to read that finding is also that of all those issues, white evangelicals were most likely to say abortion/reproductive... Read more →

A thread by Andy Rowell As usual, Malcolm @Gladwell's latest book "Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know About the People We Don't Know" (Sept 10, 2019) is stimulating in its stories and commentary. But this is a dark one:... Read more →

A thread by Andy Rowell As study after global study has shown, "pro-life" limiting access to abortion is not a significant factor in reducing the number of abortions. The main factor that reduces the number of abortions is making contraceptives... Read more →

Andy Rowell @AndyRowell · Sep 15 In light of Trump's tweet of deference to Saudi Arabia, note a delegation of American Christian fundamentalists met with MBS on Sept 10, the day that the transcript of Jamal Khashoggi's dismembering was published.... Read more →

Andy Rowell @AndyRowell · Sep 12 On "big government" Both Democrats and Republicans should be wary of government bureaucracy. Indeed, huge government programs can be inefficient or totalitarian. But Republicans should be just as passionate and practical about addressing injustice... Read more →

Andy Rowell @AndyRowell · Sep 12 As a graduate school professor, I recommend: good books and articles and oral lecture material; graded regular short writing assignments to internally process the reading and share with peers; and facilitated extensive class discussion... Read more →

Andy Rowell @AndyRowell · Sep 12 I agree with this article. As a parent of a 9th, 6th, and 4th grader, I recommend: Minimal screen-time for kids. Instead: books, interaction with peers through activities (*local* sports, Scouts, church, music, drama,... Read more →

You Retweeted Justin Wolfers @JustinWolfers · Sep 10 My students find it revealing to learn the income distribution: Last year, 10% of American households got by with income of <$14,600 20% got <$25,600 30% got <$37,000 40% got <$50,000 50%... Read more →