Monthly Archives: September 2019

The New York Times is reporting that the National Weather Service’s retraction of its correction of Trump originated in the Oval Office. President Trump, seeking to justify his claim of a hurricane threat to Alabama, pressed aides to intervene with … Continue reading →

Today’s is H.L. Mencken’s birthday, and we ought to celebrate the prescient genius who wrote this: As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious … Continue reading →

Sounds like life as a Southern Baptist seminarian. This group had a lot of rules, and we were expected to follow them. Only men could be in positions of power or leadership. Only men could preach. Only men could lead … Continue reading →

“It is wrong always, everywhere, and for anyone, to believeanything upon insufficient evidence.”   — William Clifford If you can believe without evidence that men are born evil and deservedly condemned to eternal torture, and that Jesus was crucified as … Continue reading →

It’s time for the sycophancy and careerism to end and the patriotism to start. Jennifer Rubin I’d say it’s w-a-a-a-y past time, but why quibble? Rubin is right: GOPers need to step-up and show some backbone, some manhood, some of … Continue reading →