Never pick a fight with a Teacher of the Year. Man who chose not to have children says the choice not to have children is selfish. Really wish people would stop saying "sacred" when they mean "sectarian." Also really wish we didn't pretend it was news when a politician trips over a word. Read more
He is telling us that "most of the people who have ever been born" have never been born. The word "born" cannot bear that. It will not allow itself to be used and misused in this way. We cannot make people who have never been born a subset of people who have ever been born. Neither language nor logic will allow it. Read more
'Everybody loves a holy war Draw the line and claim divine protection Kill the ones who show the most objection Everybody loves a holy war' Read more
"If men get into a fight with one another, and the wife of one intervenes to rescue her husband from the grip of his opponent by reaching out and seizing his genitals, you shall cut off her hand; show no pity." Read more
A Southern Gospel take on a Mark Heard classic, plus some local history, the retreat from right-wing religious affiliation, RIP Dean Smith, and the Hilton heirs making the case for a larger inheritance tax. Read more
I do not much care for the National Prayer Breakfast. This is an event at which people display their patriotism by showing their disdain for the Constitution. It's an event at which people display their piety by contradicting the words of Jesus in the Gospels. That makes the National Prayer Breakfast bad for the nation and bad for prayer. Read more
It’s not widely discussed. Those who have witnessed it firsthand are, for obvious reasons, reluctant to talk about it. You’ll never see them publicly recounting their tales in front of the cameras and the microphones. These aren’t stories they are eager to tell. But one hears whispers ... Read more
"Dozens of people on the plane have mysteriously disappeared. How many, exactly? And who were they? Hattie, the flight attendant responsible for those passengers, doesn't know. Buck, the journalist reporting on the disappearances, doesn't know." Read more
The wit and wisdom of senators, governors, presidential candidates and state representatives, from the party that wants to outlaw yoga pants, expand Guantanamo, redefine rape, and make sure that all of our small children are safely implanted. Read more
The oldest English translations of the Bible have unicorns in them. The original Hebrew texts did not. So where did those King James Version unicorns come from? From translators' best guess at the meaning of a word that still leaves us guessing. Read more
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