…[F]or a judge to impose the penalty of whipping until the body oozed blood was a mark of condign severity. … Symbolic overtones cam forth easily from that red substance, but being ambiguous or polysemous, they muddled the sharp differences… Continue Reading
I’m not entirely sure what to think about this story. On the one hand, I want to be respectful of other peoples’ religious beliefs. On the other hand, seeing members of two different religions get into a pissing match over… Continue Reading
{{The following is a reproduction of an old Hit Coffee post, reproduced because I have recently seen a few people get it wrong.}} Outside the South (and commonly inside it) people have some mistaken impressions about the flags of the… Continue Reading
…[E]ven though this process strengthened the Roman army and expanded the labor force at a time when both were needed, it presented Roman authorities with a fundamental problem: The Germanic immigrant population was not being assimilated. Italy, particularly in its… Continue Reading
Consider this settlement approval opinion by Fred Biery, Chief of the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas. (Via.) Judge Biery presided over the case of Schultz v. Medina Valley Independent School District, an Establishment Clause challenge to a… Continue Reading
1. Washington’s Governor signs same-sex marriage bill into law. (Congratulations, Washington.) 2. Rick Santorum runs neck and neck with Mitt Romney in race for Republican nomination. Maybe I wouldn’t find this dichotomy so jarring if Senator Santorum would ever walk back… Continue Reading
…[M]ore Christians died for their faith at the hands of fellow Christians after Christianity was officially tolerated than had been killed in all of the pre-Constantine persecutions. – David Farley
ANSWER: Percentage of pregnancies that end in abortion.
We do not always remember the things that do no credit to us. We justify them, cover them in bright lies or with the thick dust of forgetfulness. – Neil Gaiman
It is as though a new System of the World has been drawn up. And not by us but by some strange Natural Philosophers in a smoky room in London. Now we must live by the rules of that System.… Continue Reading