Monthly Archives: April 2019

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 →

Longtime readers will recall that my nephew, Ryan, graduated from Wayne State’s journalism school a few years back. He is now an investigative journalist at Consumer Reports, and published yesterday a story that’s getting picked-up by local television stations across … Continue reading →