Monthly Archives: September 2016

From a good piece by psychologist Valerie Tarico that takes-up addictive religiosity. Religion perpetuates a dependence on identifying as broken and needing to be fixed. That goes to Christianity’s only truly indispensable claim: You’re no damn good. If you don’t … Continue reading →

Albert the Pious goes after a theologian trying to rescue Christianity from the obvious absurdities of the Bible. At this point, Stanley goes on to amplify his concern with a Bible-based Christianity. “If the Bible is the foundation of your … Continue reading →

… of Banned Books Week, the American Library Association’s annual reminder of the importance of books and the points of view inside them — and the relentless efforts by vested interests to shut down the transmission of ideas via books. … Continue reading →

I speculated a few months back that maybe Ted Cruz isn’t an empty, self-absorbed sewage-being after all. Ted Cruz explains his decision not to endorse The Donald. A day after being booed off the Republican National Convention stage, Texas Sen. … Continue reading →

Paul Bunyan, unpretentious plaid, a blue ox whose hooves are so large that they gouged-out the Great Lakes … what’s not to like? And there is absolutely no record anywhere that Bunyan ever urged the death of anybody. My kind … Continue reading →