David Dark: "If the powers that be are the boot which, to borrow Orwell's phrase, presses down upon the human face forever, apocalyptic is the speech of that human face. Apocalyptic denies, in spite of all the appearances to the contrary, the 'forever' part." Read more
So too, inevitably, these Christians come to fear and hate the people whose equality they oppose, however reluctantly and regrettably at first. We only sometimes do wrong to those we hate, but we will always come to hate those whom we have wronged. Read more
Simply stated, the Dog Rule holds that no good movie seeks a larger emotional response from the survival of a dog than from the casual death of a dozen or more people. Read more
Remember Steve Plank? He used to be Buck Williams' best friend -- his only friend. And yet here we are in Book 3 of our series and it seems that Buck, and the authors, have grown weary of Steve Plank. Poor Steve's days are numbered. Read more
Churches with PR staff; dancing with Roger; putting Harriet Tubman on the $20; commit a crime, get a scholarship to Liberty U.; lying about Planned Parenthood; and Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne's terrible, horrible, no good, very bad car accident. Read more
It's the Friday music game -- I'll show you mine, you show me yours. Here's yet another alphabetical slice of songs with names in the title. This week it's the letter M (except for Mary), including: Maggie, Martha, Matilda, Maybelline, Michael, Michelle, Mickey, Moe, Mona Lisa, Murray, and one, two, three Marlenas. Read more
"Intolerance is, necessarily, totalitarian. So when I say I favor freedom — whether freedom of conscience or of any other sort — then, yes, what I'm really saying is that I'm all for freedom except for when it comes to people who want to impose totalitarianism. This exception does not, as the JV sophists would have it, negate the claim that 'I'm all for freedom.' It simply demonstrates that, unlike them, I'm aware of what words like 'free' and 'tolerant'" — and their opposites — actually mean." Read more
If obsequiously sucking up to the dominant, privileged religious majority were a crime, then Gene Rivers would, indeed, be guilty. But that's never been against the law. It was Micaiah who was sent to prison. The apple-polisher Zedekiah remained a free man. So Rivers knows he doesn't have any reason to worry about "going to jail." Read more
Rep. Stephen Fincher, Republican of Tennessee, be careful that you do not entertain a mean thought ... and therefore view your needy neighbor with hostility and give nothing; your neighbor might cry to the Lord against you, and you would incur guilt. Read more
As with many pejorative terms, the nominal definition of the word "slacker" is less important than what the use of the word signifies. The word provides little descriptive information about its target, but it reveals a great deal about the person wielding it. "You're a slacker, McFly," tells us nothing trustworthy about Marty, but it tells us all we need to know about Vice Principal Strickland. Read more
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