Monthly Archives: September 2017

The job before democracy is to get rid of such canaille [William Jennings Bryan]; if it fails, they will devour it. It was morality that burned the books of the ancient sages, and morality that halted the free inquiry of … Continue reading →

The branch of philosophy concerned with what we know, and how we know that we know it, is called epistemology — and the grotesque failure of the Republican Party into madness is at last causing some public discussion of it. … Continue reading →

An orphanage operated by Catholic nuns in Scotland may be the site of a mass grave of 400 children. The Scottish child abuse inquiry is to investigate claims that the bodies of at least 400 children from a home once … Continue reading →

What do you know? Even as Holy Men are tripping over each other to point fingers at the people whose sin is responsible for this year’s devastating hurricanes, an American actress put the blame where it belongs: God is punishing … Continue reading →

A Michigan woman has died following a decision to carry her pregnancy to term rather than seek treatment for brain cancer. Carrie DeKlyen, 37, chose to forgo clinical trials and chemotherapy to treat brain cancer, since it would have meant … Continue reading →