Fans of the recently-cancelled The West Wing should read the obituary in American Prospect by Ezra Klein. He does a nice job comparing the "reality" of the show with the reality of reality.
Barack Gets It Wrong
I’m a big fan of Barack Obama, and hope to see him in the Oval Office someday, but he’s just plain wrong here: Sen. Barack Obama chastised fellow Democrats on Wednesday for failing to "acknowledge the power of faith in the lives of the American people," and said the party must compete for the support of evangelicals and other churchgoing … Read More
Rapture Database
Um. Whatever: If you wish to do something now that will help your unbelieving friends and family after the rapture, you need to add those persons email address to our database. Their names will be stored indefinitely and a letter will be sent out to each of them on the first Friday after the rapture. Then they will receive another … Read More
The Homosexual Agenda
You hear a lot of talk/complaints about "the homosexual agenda", but what exactly is it? Pam Spaulding of Pandagon was cleaning up around her home, and she came across a piece of paper (well, several, actually) which outlines the homosexual agenda: 6:00 am Gym 8:00 am Breakfast 9:00 am Hair appointment 10:00 am Shopping 12:00 PM Brunch 2:00 PM (Here’s … Read More
Jesus Died For Your Boo-Boos
Available here.
MySpace: A Love Story
Much ink has been spilled about MySpace, and how it is replete with sexual predators. While that is a problem, the oft-cited statistic that one-in-five teens are subjected to "sexual solicitation" on MySpace is a lot of hype. On the other hand, this is pretty weird: A 16-year-old honor student from Michigan tricked her parents into getting her a passport … Read More
Dumbest Anti-Abortion Argument Ever Made
From feministing.com: This is seriously from an email I received: Why do you have to be for abortion to be fore [sic] womens’ rights? How can it be a part of your body if it is a male? Hear that gals? If you’re pregnant with a boy, it’s not really yours. Or something.
Fashion Police
It’s stories like this that make me wonder what this country was coming to. Lydia Smith, age 10, was spending a summer day shopping with her mother at Battlefield Mall in Springfield, Missouri. They were enjoying lunch in the food court when Lydia was approached by a mall security officer, who told her that she needed to remove her bandanna. … Read More
First Amendment Primer
Dear AgapePress: This is very simple. Try to wrap your pea-brains around it. When a school prevents a student from talking about God, that is a violation of the student’s First Amendment rights. However, when the school provides the microphone for the student to speak about God, that too is a violation of the First Amendment. In other words, public … Read More
Are You Alone? Well, You’re Not Alone.
Social Isolation Growing in U.S., Study Says: The Number of People Who Say They Have No One to Confide In Has Risen Americans are far more socially isolated today than they were two decades ago, and a sharply growing number of people say they have no one in whom they can confide, according to a comprehensive new evaluation of the … Read More
The $100 Hamburger
This resort restaurant in Florida now serves a $100 hamburger (pictured above). You can read about it here, but I’ll spare you the trouble. It’s $100 because it weighs 20 ounces, and is 5 1/2 inches across and 2 1/2 inches thick. It is made from the finest beef from three continents — American prime beef, Japanese Kobe and Argentine … Read More
New York Shakes Bad Rep
A friend recently took a visit to New York and commented on how polite people there were, contrary to stereotype. I’ve always found New Yorkers to be polite, and now there’s a study to back me up. 36 major cities in 35 countries were subjected to an "undercover" test. The most polite of the cities studied? The Big Apple: In … Read More
“Jesus Is Not A Republican”
An evangelical Christian writes about the religious right and their embrace of the Bush Administration’s policies, including the policy of torture. A must-read. Here are some snippets: Evangelicals have come a long way since … 1972. We have moved from cultural obscurity — almost invisibility — to becoming a major force in American society. Jimmy Carter’s run for the presidency … Read More
The Worst Grandfather In The World Award
… goes to Harold Wellsted of Ft. Collins, Colorado. Taking his 6 year old granddaughter to the zoo, he tossed her to a herd of wild elk, and then attacked onlookers who tried to save the little girl. Full story here.
Pentagon: Gayness Is Mental Disorder
This is just one of those stories that makes me shake my head in disbelief. The first paragraph says it all: WASHINGTON – A Pentagon document classifies homosexuality as a mental disorder, decades after mental health experts abandoned that position. The document outlines retirement or other discharge policies for service members with physical disabilities, and in a section on defects … Read More