Part of my continuing series of “bashing my head against the wall with apologetics” posts. Please take a look at this exchange, Readers, and tell me what I’m doing wrong here. Or if there is anything I could possibly say… Continue Reading
It occurred to me that the usual anti-evolution protest of “There are no intermediates in the fossil record!” is kind of like looking at a spectrum cast out of a prism: Optics-Denier: “Well, I see red and I see blue,… Continue Reading
For your bemusement on a Saturday, and because you’re probably tired by now of Meghan McCain’s breasts and wondering whether the saga of Balloon Boy was a hoax, I offer a smörgåsbord of internet-based bizarreness: Lady Gaga is really the… Continue Reading
Biblical cherry picking doesn’t come any more awfully ironic than this. A better example of using religion to cloak naked, indefensible bigotry and hate is difficult to imagine. Regardless of whether the wearer of this tattoo had read Leviticus 19:28, his… Continue Reading
Our government is drowning in debt and that means we have to tighten our belts. Very few people are talking about how or where to cut Federal spending, though. And in any discussion of the appropriate size and role of… Continue Reading
The Governator’s wife has been caught, three times, driving while using a cell phone. That’s all right — when her husband signed that new law requiring the use of hands-free sets while driving, he didn’t mean you. Governor Schwarzenegger promises… Continue Reading
The film itself is a bit heavy-handed and I think the editor could have done a better job of introducing the topic than with that first guy. But it’s a charming idea all the same: Fifty People, One Question: London… Continue Reading
Imagine if you saw a headline and news story like this one: DISNEY ELEVATES JEW TO STUDIO CHIEFA pro-Christian activist says he’s not surprised that the Walt Disney Company has named an open Jew as studio head.Disney announced last week… Continue Reading
The political issue of the strength of our currency is coming down the pike. I’ve been a lone wolf on this issue for a while and finally — finally — some news organizations are starting to notice that our prolonged… Continue Reading
Sometimes, translation from one language to another — whose primary eras of use are removed from one another by a thousand or more years of time — causes poetry to lose its emotional impact.