Lifelong student with interests a mile wide and an inch deep. Autodidact. Pedant, hopefully of the slightly more pleasant sort. Sharer of things learned along the way. Lately of a creative bent.
Exposing the rift in America’s labor politics The Guardian has an excellent piece that dissects the Trump phenomenon with an honesty not found in American media: Millions of ordinary Americans support Donald Trump. […]
Sheriff apparently not the concierge By way of Raw Story, Tonya Couch complained that it was too bright for her to sleep properly. Sheriff? “It’s jail, not a resort.” Just wait until […]
Please make sense once. Just once. ICMYI: Mint Press News (9/28/2015) – Ben Carson Considers Religion As Probable Cause For Searches And if you can’t make sense, would you at least leave our […]
It helps when more people are behind you. How’s the view from under the bus? ICYMI: Politico 9/28 – Cruz sternly rebuked by GOP On Monday night, Cruz’s colleagues ignored his attempt to […]
20,000,000+ reasons why separation of church and state remains a good idea Sometimes I mull and navelgaze and don’t have the decency to refrain from posting. This may be one of those […]
I’ve recently outed myself as some kind of weird not quite deist/gnostic, read: believer in God, just very differently, so I find it a little peculiar that with all the allegedly Christian […]
The Gospels are clear. So are reactionary intentions. If you think Muslims and the Koran are scary, you should check out the Old Testament sometime. It wouldn’t make someone else’s religion less […]
Bearing false witness is Perkins’ anti-Christian stock in trade From Raw Story: Tony Perkins: The Constitution protects Christianity but not Islam because it’s not just a religion Judging all Muslims for the violent […]
Maybe because it would be awkward? From PolitiFact: Ben Carson: Do any Muslim countries have women’s rights, gay rights or religious freedom? Spoiler: mostly false, with caveats. Ironically, while busily lambasting nations where […]
Surprise! From The Guardian: Trump: I was not obligated to correct questioner who called Obama Muslim On Twitter, the Republican presidential frontrunner said: “Am I morally obligated to defend the president every time […]
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