Author Archives: Bob Felton

Nobody with more than cursory acquaintance with the Southern Baptist Convention will be surprised by any of this. New allegations about the mishandling of sex abuse claims at the highest levels of the Southern Baptist Convention were made public in … Continue reading →

Republican rejection of science — on evolution, climate change, covid, you name it — makes it a party of fools. Rational Optimist

N.C. county bans Coke machines over ‘left wing’ politics

We will be skipping a trip to Michigan’s Upper Peninsula this year — again — but do feel comfortable heading to the Outer Banks; it’s only a few hours away, and it’s easy to minimize and control our encounters with … Continue reading →

Born on this date in 1872, Bertrand Russell was a mathematician, a philosopher, and among the most graceful essayists who ever lived. I had never heard of him before his death in 1970 (I was then in high school), but … Continue reading →