Category Archives: General

So all the “fake news” was true. A hostile foreign power intervened in the presidential election, hoping to install Donald Trump in the White House. The Trump campaign was aware of this intervention and welcomed it. And once in power, … Continue reading →

Jerry Coyne points toward yet another case of You-know-who annexing the credit that rightly belongs to the disciplined minds of surgeons, scientists, engineers. “That’s truly God’s work. The prayers for my family …” No. It’s the fruit of the work … Continue reading →

There’s at least one area of agreement among conservative, centrist and liberal leaders in the United Methodist Church: America’s largest mainline Protestant denomination is on a path toward likely breakup over differences on same-sex marriage and ordination of LGBT pastors. … Continue reading →

An Easter column by the New York Times’ Nicholas Kristof consists of questions put to the President of Union Theological Seminary. Most self-identified Christians will be startled by some of her remarks. KRISTOF   Happy Easter, Reverend Jones! To start, … Continue reading →

Reading the Mueller report, one of the things that strikes me is how inadequately prevailing laws anticipate what the Trump campaign did. It should be trivial to agree that what the campaign did was wrong; after all, it knew of … Continue reading →