Rule No. 1 should never be a law, but it provides its own inevitable, harsh punishment. Read more

A choice must be made, but that choice will almost always be based on the kind of person making it. Read more

Silence can be habit-forming, and thus also character-forming and soul-forming. Read more

Actually, I DO expect the Spanish Inquisition. Nothing is more predictable. Read more

"Only Jonathan son of Asahel and Jahzeiah son of Tikvah, supported by Meshullam and Shabbethai the Levite, opposed this." Read more

Theological mistakes — like politicians, ugly buildings, and prostitutes — “get respectable if they last long enough.” Read more

Couldn't do a year of "flashback" posts without at least one boring post about Reinhold Niebuhr. Read more

It's wildly implausible to suggest that two near-simultaneous crusades against "Satanic baby-killers" are not related. Read more

Scary movies vs. real-life horror stories, plus a bunch of other stuff I should've linked to months ago. Read more

I think this theory explains a great deal of behavior that otherwise seems difficult to explain or understand. Read more