Brief Remarks on Bigotry
Doug Mataconis looks to the definition of a bigot to show that the word does not accurately characterize all opponents of same-sex marriage. He is correct. Bigotry involves obstinate devotion to one’s hatred and...
Monthly Archive: July 2012
Critics of Religion
Ross Douthat wants more candor from religion’s critics and detractors: It may seem strange that anyone could look around the pornography-saturated, fertility-challenged, family-breakdown-plagued West and see a society menaced by a repressive puritanism. But...
‘The Hobbit’ To Be Three Films
Peter Jackson breaks the news: We know how much of the story of Bilbo Baggins, the Wizard Gandalf, the Dwarves of Erebor, the rise of the Necromancer, and the Battle of Dol Guldur will remain...
A Win for Opponents of the HHS Contraception Rule?
Score one for Hercules, but the hydra lives on. The Wall Street Journal reports: “a federal judge on Friday granted a temporary injunction sought by Catholic owners of a Colorado heating-and-cooling company who had...
Similar Tactics for Fighting Chick-fil-A and Abortion?
Freddie deBoer makes an observation: [W]hen local politicians in Boston and Chicago use zoning or licensure or similar to ban Chick-Fil-A, they’re using tactics that conservatives have used for decades in the abortion fight....
Single Virtue Voting
Not being the sort of voter who decides am0ng presidential candidates based primarily on their stances on issues, I am far from ever being a single issue voter. I could justly be called a...
How Much of Our Fidelity Is Acting?
Maybe it’s just an illusion of gossip-heavy mass media, but it sure seems that celebrity couples rarely stay true to one another till death do them part. The latest “news” of celebrity infidelity involves...
I’m a Bad American
I make it point to assume initially that Mitt Romney doesn’t believe the words that come out of his mouth, but the convictions he expressed in his VFW foreign policy speech may be just...
Is Chick-fil-A Lying About Recalling the Jim Henson Kids Meal Toys?
The picture above has been making the rounds, and the race to accuse Chick-fil-A of lying for Jesus has begun. The heavens know some Christians sometimes lie for their causes, but, I dunno, this...
God: The Decider
Popular theologian and preacher John Piper, a Calvinistic Baptist, professes image of God that I call “The Decider.” Here’s Piper, playing defense for his genocidal deity: It’s right for God to slaughter women and...
