Several years ago, I donated money to a Republican congressional candidate. The guy went to high school with my older brothers, both of whom spoke highly of him, and there wasn’t much objectionable (as far as Republicans running in a… Continue Reading
ThinkProgress cites a study that points out that Evangelical kids have premarital sex in similar numbers to everybody else: 80% for Evangelicals, 88% for heathens. Both ED Kain and Russell Saunders, along with TP itself, cite the study as a… Continue Reading
Just saw a note on my phone that Amanda Knox was acquitted in Italy. Good. Can’t comment extensively now but I thought I’d throw out a quick squib and invite another set of train wreck comments like the last time… Continue Reading
A few weeks ago there was an article in the New York Times on decision fatigue. Decision fatigue is basically our mind’s tendency to stop thinking through decisions as the number of decisions one has to make accumulates. Decision fatigue… Continue Reading
Over the past several days I have put three posts up on the front page. The first, a critical takedown of a policy of sending misdemeanor convicts to church instead of jail. I thought this was a sexy issue, I… Continue Reading
I give you ten years. Now, I’m thinking of ten different events that took place, one in each of those ten years I give you. Although these were different sorts of events (some of which are somewhat similar to others),… Continue Reading
Legal recognition of same-sex marriage, and the change of the laws permitting the issuance of marriage licenses to same-sex couples, will not be the end of the fight for marriage equality. Opponents of SSM will, and are even now beginning to, set up the next… Continue Reading
Charlie Whittington owns the Kwik Kar Lube & Service in Plano, Texas, and he circulated a coupon giving any customer who recites John 3:16 a discount on an oil change. Marshall Wei, although aware of the discount, declined to recite the bible verse… Continue Reading
By January 31, 2012, one-tenth of the nation’s primary votes in the Presidential nomination will have been cast. The largest of the anticipated swing states, Florida, has now advanced its primary to that date, sacrificing delegates at the convention in… Continue Reading
It appears that as part of what used to be called the Global War On Terror and now our permanent state of selective war, an American citizen who we may safely presume was both a member of al-Qaeda and not personally… Continue Reading