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June 2006

Well, *That* Was At Least Honest

Ariana Huffington: The latest analysis by Democracy Corps, a Democratic polling firm, couldn't be clearer: Democrats need to draw sharp...

Two on the Times

This is about the recent Times exposure of the details of an Treasury program to monitor international fund transfers. People...

Yet Another Derogatory Term for Christians

Well, good to see "excitable Andrew" has made an important contribution to our culture. A while back, we had Madeline...

A Profile in Courage

World Mag blog: Amir is a believer who rescued 35 Christian children from slavery in Pakistan, double-crossing a local terrorist...

Root Causes of Atheism: Ted Turner

A while ago, I write a brief piece in which I noted that noted sceptic Michael Shermer's "deconversion" seems to...

Hatin' on Ann Coulter

I, for one, am astounded at the frothing level of Coulter-hatred I'm seeing from the mainstream media. I probably shouldn't...

George Lakoff and the Strict Parent

I've long noted the paradox that the systems which envision people as basicly "good" -- e.g., Marxism/Communism, Nazism, more radical...

It's the Facts, Stupid

... to paraphrase Bill Clinton... I've been reading reviews of Lakoff's Don't Think of an Elephant. So far, I've learned...

Jesus, Pacifism, and Resisting Evil

I used to be what I'd call a "radical" pacifist -- not "radical" in the sense that I would do...

Democrats Again Trample Poor for Political Gain

I see the Democrats are again trying to take poor people, who are already living on the edge, barely getting...

Feminist: Woe Is Me!

Linda Hirshman, writing in the WaPo: Everybody started hating Linda, apparently, when I published an article in the progressive magazine...

"Extreme" Intolerance from the Left

From CBS, stuff conservatives already knew already knew: Was I right that conservatives and liberals are more politically intolerant today...

More on the Nature of Atheism

A friend of mine wrote this brief account of a discussion she had, which attracted the attention of this rather...

Abusive "Rites of Passage"

The Boston Globe: The mother of a 12-year-old boy who alleges he was beaten by Boston Public Schools staffers while...

"Divine Feminine" Nonsense

Read. This passage especially struck me: Abortion was a huge killer of women in this period, but Christian women were...

Responses to: "Why I'm Not a Christian", by Betrand Russell

I felt I'd been 'saved' in my early teens. But I noticed that atheists seemed to act as though they...

The Case Against God

I read about the Secret Service seizure of "million-dollar" bill tracts: one side looks like currency. The other side has...

MPAA: Protecting Innocent Eyes

Hey! God's now got a PG Rating. How long before he moves into "R" or "XXX" territory?...

How to Not Inform People

The other day, I was listening to reports that terrorists had killed dozens in Nigeria. Only problem was that they...

Banning Gay Marriage

Over the past several days, I have heard a seemingly endless stream of news reports which all, without exception, talk...

Review: The Royal Tenenbaums

Lately, I've been buying used, coverless DVDs for $3 each. They're Blockbuster's extras, discards, and rejects. I watch them, and...

BBC: Give Hamas More Money!

Does the BBC (and UN, for that matter) ever stop shilling for terrorists? The United Nations has made an unprecedented...

The "Red Scare"

Katherine Kersten, in the Minneapolis Star Tribune: Long-time Minnesotans remember John Earl Haynes as an architect of the famous "Minnesota...

Ten Ideas for Democrats?

MoveOn.org to Liberals: Choose three positive ideas - A short news article that both points Democrats in the right direction...

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