So, I guess I am a pro-life, pro-choice, pro-education atheist. Oddly enough this particular centrist view often makes me stand out in a crowd – my family and close friends lean toward the right and I am viewed as the liberal left-wing nut and to most others I am viewed as the conservative, uptight right- […]
Worthy of Double Honor
Anyone who puts their body, soul, mind and strength at lifelong risk on behalf of us all is worthy of double honor. They are to be esteemed in word and deed beyond a red, white and blue calendar day. As of now the lofty ceremonies only highlight a national disgrace.      […]
george bush rushes to kill off animals before obama can stop him
classy move, bush. just fantastic: Animals and plants in danger of becoming extinct could lose the protection of government experts who make sure that dams, highways and other projects don’t pose a threat, under regulations the Bush administration is set to put in place before President-elect Obama can reverse them. The rules must be published […]
how to save the republican party
Meanwhile, it isn’t necessary to evict the Creator from the public square, surrender Judeo-Christian values or diminish the value of faith in America. Belief in something greater than oneself has much to recommend it, including most of the world’s architectural treasures, our universities and even our founding documents. But, like it or not, we are […]
How Did Sarah Palin Spend $150,000?
Sarah Palin: Ralph Lauren Klondike jacket $4,598 Ralph Lauren Collection jacket $4,798 Ralph Lauren Collection wool turtleneck $855 Armani Collezioni cashmere jacket $1,925 Armani Collezioni blouse $755 Armani Collezioni skirt $960 Armani Collezioni twill jersey jacket $1,325 Armani Collezioni twill jersey skirt $715 Armani Collezioni jersey jacket $1,635 Armani Collezioni jersey tank jacket $1,065 Giorgio […]
7 years
wow.
Butterflies
Then my mom called. You might imagine I don’t get along all that well with my mother, and you’d be right. We’re cordial enough, but we don’t really talk about anything meaningful. It was time for that to change. I told her about my work, and about my next project, a game that would literally […]
Obama: Bad News For the New Atheists and Other Fundamentalists
The Obama presidency is great news for almost everyone. It’s bad news for some odd ideological bedfellows: the Religious Right and the so-called New Atheists. Into the all or nothing culture wars, and the all or nothing wars between the so-called New Atheists and religion the election of President elect Obama reintroduces nuance. President elect […]
Frank Schaeffer: Sarah Palin Will Never Be President — Trust Me
The small smear of red on the otherwise blue electoral map looks more like a minor bloodstain on a dirty Band-Aid than anything resembling a national political party. Who voted for McCain/Palin in bigger numbers than they even voted for Bush/Cheney? Only one shrinking group: uneducated white folks in the deep south and a few […]
palin was a disaster for mccain
i seem to recall using the word “disaster” about Palin during her nomination acceptance speech, and the flood of palin bashing started there. the media was full of “bashing” (or as some of us call it, “criticism”) as soon as she entered the public stage. i have read many opinions on this, and lots of […]
Social Progress
According to a CNN exit poll, 42 percent of voters said that the nation’s financial woes had finally become frightening enough to eclipse such concerns as gay marriage, while 30 percent said that the relentless body count in Iraq was at last harrowing enough to outweigh long ideological debates over abortion. In addition, 28 percent […]
My wife made me canvass for Obama; here’s what I learned | csmonitor.com
I learned in just those three hours that this election is not about what we think of as the “big things.” It’s not about taxes. I’m pretty sure mine are going to go up no matter who is elected. It’s not about foreign policy. I think we’ll figure out a way to get out of […]
“Undecided” from david sedaris
I think of being on an airplane. The flight attendant comes down the aisle with her food cart and, eventually, parks it beside my seat. “Can I interest you in the chicken?†she asks. “Or would you prefer the platter of shit with bits of broken glass in it?†To be undecided in this election […]