"For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor rulers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord." Read more
Phil Plait is a scientist who doesn't stop wondering -- in both senses of that word. I look at some of those pictures he posts and say, "Wow." He's saying "Wow," too. And then he explains in more detail what it is we're looking at and we both say "wow" again. Read more
Nicolae: The Rise of Antichrist; pp. 209-214 The tale of Buck and Tsion’s thrilling escape is not hackwork. Hackwork would have been a great improvement over this. If Jerry Jenkins were merely a hack then he could have done what hacks do in situations like this, ripping off ideas from popular stories and relying on all the standard clichés and stock tropes. Tsion Ben-Judah is a wanted man and Buck Williams has to help him escape his would be captors/killers... Read more
White evangelicals may have adopted Republican politics as a core creedal dogma, but they insist that doesn't make them right-wing ideologues and servants of the 1 percent and its machine. No, no, no, no, no -- white evangelicals are simply faithful allies of that machine because liberals are baby killers and killing babies is wrong and supporting anything supported by baby killers must be wrong. Some fraction of the anti-abortion movement's followers believe that. The most vocal leaders do not. Here's proof. Read more
Cheese brine turns out to be a bit more aromatic than rock salt, but as Norby says: "Our roads smell like Wisconsin." And that, ladies and gentlemen, is an invitation. They're spreading cheese brine on Wisconsin roadways and so their roads "smell like Wisconsin." We are thus invited to suggest appropriate rock-salt alternatives and local aromas for the other 49 states. Read more
1. This time-sucking list from Buzzfeed is designed to derail all productivity for Buffy fans. It’s easy to find something to argue with (Doyle and Clem belong higher up), but I like the top five. And I like Adam Vary’s take on Joan Appleby, aka, “Chantarelle,” aka, “Anne Steele,” whose long arc is a lovely grace note for viewers who don’t have super powers. Sorting boxes at a community center isn’t quite the same as, “I kinda wanna slay the... Read more
Somewhere in Arizona there is a man named Naum and he seems to read everything. And then he culls the good stuff and posts links and excerpts at his Tumblelog AZspot. Lots and lots and lots of the good stuff. Read more
"Another world is not only possible, she's on the way and, on a quiet day, if you listen very carefully you can hear her breathe." -- Arundhati Roy Read more
Tenets do not pay rent. Al Mohler says, yes, he is coming for your birth control. "This, my friends, is why churches have buildings." vorjack on the exasperatingly dim claim that "secularism is a religion." Jelani Cobb on how the desire to perceive themselves as victims leads the powerful to resent those who actually are victims. Read more
"Are Women Human?" is a question to be reckoned with, which makes it a good name for a blog to be reckoned with -- a blog that, like that question, offers a challenge and a reminder and a defiant declaration. Read more
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