Your World: Unrighteous Indignation
Righteous anger is often a mask for mere self-righteousness.
Frederica Mathewes-Green | posted 10/23/2000 12:00AM

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www.frederica.comEarlier "Your World" columns by Frederica Mathewes-Green columns include:A Clear and Present Identity (Sept. 5, 2000)
Every Day Is Casual Friday (July 18, 2000)
Get It? (May 18, 2000)
Sex and Saints (Apr. 11, 2000)
Psalm 23 and All That (Feb. 15, 2000)
The Abortion Debate Is Over (Dec. 28, 1999)
The Thrill of Naughtiness, (September 6, 1999)
Escape from Fantasy Island, (July 12, 1999)
Men Need Church, Too, (May 24, 1999)
My Spice Girl Moment, (January 11, 1999)
Moms in the Crossfire, (October 26, 1998)
Gagging on Shiny, Happy People, (September 7, 1998)
Whatever Happened to Middle-Class Hypocrisy? (July 13, 1998)
I Didn't Mean to be Rude, (May 18, 1998)
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