Isn’t there enough pain...without us denying succour to those most in need?
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The New Face Of Reform
...now when someone says he or she is a reformer, you can’t be sure what is meant.
Read More »My Cultural Appropriation
I don't care if liberals and Politically Correct types are upset, but I care about stealing someone else's stories, someone's else's history, to use for my purposes
Read More »God vs. the Gavel: Analyzing Conflicts Between Law and Religion
Collisions between government and religion were partly responsible for the founding of this country. Some 200 years later, those collisions continue. A legal framework for dealing with constitutional issues raised by some of those collisions is the focus of Marci Hamilton’s book, God vs. the Gavel: Religion and the Rule …
Read More »“Traditional Family Values”
The values of intolerance, repression, ignorance, and xenophobia are certainly ones that are sorely missed by people like the Klan and other neo nazis.
Read More »Top 5 Greatest Non-Sports Rivalries
Rivalries are a mainstay in sports. It’s the nature of the sports and how games are played. One team/player has to win, and so there also must be a loser. There have been many great sports rivalries: Evander Holyfield and Mike Tyson, Boston Red Sex and New York Yankees, Adolf …
Read More »Same Sex Marriage
Sometime after 9:00 pm last night the Canadian House of Commons passed a motion legalizing same sex civil marriages.
Read More »Review: The God Who Wasn’t There
Simultaneously available in limited release in theaters and on DVD, The God Who Wasn’t There is Brian Flemming’s attempt to prove that Christianity is predicated on a man/god who never existed. It is a thought-provoking and highly visual exercise. Ultimately, though, it falls short of its goal. Flemming is a …
Read More »Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ’s Childhood Pal by Christopher Moore
What if Jesus had a crass best friend?
Read More »Semi Detached
The problem is that most people have misunderstood the concept of detachment to mean
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