Author Archives: Bob Felton

At just about the same time yesterday that I was ridiculing all the things that might be construed as blasphemy in different parts of the world, the story was breaking that an Indian mob had beaten to death a Muslim … Continue reading →

Here’s a traveling evangelist who claims he has prayed-over and resurrected 35-people. Think how much easier it must have been to peddle a claim like this 2000-years ago.

This is International Blasphemy Rights Day, and y’all will probably not be surprised to learn that I am a strong supporter of blasphemy rights. The more blaspheming the merrier, I always say. I favor speaking ill of the supersized-human god … Continue reading →

The unconfirmed rumor du jour is that Pope Francis’ staff arranged for him to meet privately for about 15-minutes with Kim Davis, telling her to “stay strong” at the end of the meeting. If true — and I have a … Continue reading →

Philosopher Robert Paul Woolff reprises a point I made a few days ago: Engineers, lawyers, doctors, medical reasearchers … all make profoundly consequential judgments every single day, judgments that can cost millions of dollars or, even, lives. Retreating into gallows … Continue reading →