Monthly Archives: February 2021

Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene is catching a load of grief for posting an anti-transgender sign outside her Congressional office door. She deserves it. It apparently is too complex for the fundamentalist mindset to grasp, but there is more to sexuality … Continue reading →

Texas is the poster child for what happens when you turn everything into politics — including science, Mother Nature and energy — and try to maximize short-term profits over long-term resilience in an era of extreme weather. The Mars landing … Continue reading →

The New York Review of Books notices the revival of Stoicism. Continue reading →

Reviewing the FBI’s FOIA response regarding Madalyn Murray O’Hair, I find myself constantly marveling at the letters sent to her and to the federal government about her. Here is an alarmed letter sent to J. Edgar Hoover. Sir: I have … Continue reading →

I remarked a few weeks ago that Russell Moore, the head of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics and Religious liberty Commission, was certain to catch hell for his tweet calling upon Donald Trump to resign. Moore, a raging liberal by … Continue reading →