Category Archives: Religion
Interrogation
State your name, please. OK. I can do that. I mean, I can give you some names. But these are misleading. You intend to give us false names? I did not say this. But a name suggests a finitude entirely … Continue reading
The Second American Revolution Has Begun, and This New Trump Court Is Carrying It Out
Warning: read this only if you are actually willing to do the minimal work necessary to understand the revolution that the Extreme Court of the United States is effecting right now. It can happen here, folks. It is happening. And … Continue reading
On the Dobbs Decision: It Can Happen, It Is Happening, Here
I’ve never liked the term unenumerated rights because the point is not whether they are numbered but whether they are expressed, so until now, I have avoided it in my comments on this decision. But that’s the standard legal term … Continue reading
Why Repugnicans Support “School Choice” and a Look Back at the Repugnican National Convention
Republicans face an existential threat. Polling shows that young people oppose them, often by overwhelming numbers, on every issue. And, of course, the country is becoming less white. So, if they are to keep from going the way of the … Continue reading
On the Morning of Christ’s Nativity [1] | Bob Shepherd
“Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your law, I said, Ye are gods?” –John 10:34 John,2 for all your skill, O master maker–singer, rhetor, builder, baker–you could not know, though multiply blest,that, choosing this name, you simply guessed,well, from … Continue reading
The EZ Guide to Becoming a Cult Leader
You, too, can make BIG BUCKS in the Religion biz! Here’s how: Make a Promise that gets at something people really want and don’t have, such as community, wealth, happiness, sex, mental or physical health, and/or freedom from anxiety or … Continue reading
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