"Card-playing and wine-drinking were the business at his parties, and he had more of such company Sundays than on any other day. I do not mention this as showing, in my estimation, his anti-Christian character, so much as the bare fact of being a slaveholder." Read more
The perpetual catechizing by tribal gatekeepers; 2014 Pat Robertson denounces evil, socialist 2008 Pat Robertson; lots of free pizza in the pipeline for Fracksylvania; the twilight of the haters. Read more
Richard Feynman answers questions from the audience at the Creation Museum (with some help from Buzzfeed and Zen Pencils). Read more
On the rare occasion that Patrick Henry College is known or referred to outside of its own constricted, incestuous circle, it's usually dismissed as "Homeschool U." or just "that crazy right-wing place ... no, not Bob Jones ... no, not Hillsdale ... the other one." To the extent that anyone knows of it, it's not as "God's Harvard" but as a refuge for the kind of people who think Liberty has gotten too liberal since Jerry Falwell died. Read more
Somehow this little fringe sect "marked by strict literal interpretations of the Bible" doesn't cancel all debt every six years. They are neither pacifists nor genocidal conquerors (both of which -- unfortunately for those who would be literal inerrantists -- are commanded in various places in the Bible). They do not practice Jubilee, or Sotah, or requiring the one with two tunics to give to the one who has none. Like all who claim such a "strict literal interpretation," they leave a vast amount of the Bible unacknowledged and seemingly unnoticed. Read more
Snake-handlers' weird, idiosyncratic distortion of the Bible produces an impressive display of commitment, but to what end? They've developed a form of religion that's all about putting faith to the test without ever putting it to use. It's a sign that doesn't signify anything other than itself, which is to say it's not a sign at all. Read more
Some PKs turn out OK, but some don't. Skinny Puppy has not been paid. An 800-year-old argument that still smells bad. The Messiah clause in Jerusalem apartment leases. Moderate extremism. And why education alone can't liberate denialists. Read more
It's not necessarily the case that everyone who favors defunding health care for low-income women is a rage-filled misogynist, but it probably is the case that every rage-filled misogynist favors defunding health care for low-income women. Read more
Waffle fries, and hold the antibiotics. "Love Jesus and keep it simple." Fair-weather price-gouging is apparently OK. Sinkhole opens under wrong Kentucky museum. Plus World Pangolin Day and some other stuff. Read more
"Plaintiffs honor, and yearn for, the sacred values and dignity that other individuals celebrate when they enter into marital vows in Virginia, and they ask to no longer be deprived of the opportunity to share these fundamental rights." Read more
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