Trying to start out the new year with a fresh(-ish) slate by sorting through my bookmarks from 2021. These are old, but not out of date. Read more

This blog is older than that Five For Fighting song that panicked about blogs. This is from January 26, 2011, “Fantasy role-playing games“: That bogus abortion/slavery analogy is one that I used to find compelling and reassuring. It was a frequently invoked analogy in the evangelical community. We found it inspiring, but not because we knew much of anything about the actual abolitionists, slave or free. And not because we knew anything much at all, for that matter, about abortion.... Read more

Investigative report uncovers a corrupt, lawless, racist fiefdom in Alabama. Plus an update on a corrupt, lawless, racist fiefdom in Tennessee. Read more

I’m so old I can still remember when all the important people were scared of blogs. This is from January 25, 2012, “Mark Driscoll is a wee little man“: Jesus’ response to the sinner was to seek him out. Jesus walked up to his tree and informed him that he needed to set 13 extra plates for an unexpected party. Jesus did not present Zacchaeus with a detailed contract outlining the steps he would need to take, the submission to authority he would... Read more

The anti-abortion political movement in the evangelical church arises from and feeds into a self-righteous pride that corrodes everything and everyone it touches. Read more

A post from the very last January before Supreme Court justices championed by white evangelicals at last awarded them by ruling the Voting Rights Act to be as meaningless as the 15th Amendment. Read more

White evangelical men tell a lot of lies in support of their claim that no woman can be trusted. Read more