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May 2015

May 15, 2015

Left Behind Classic Fridays, No. 33: ‘The Final Frontier’

Despite Left Behind's intended "Bible-prophecy" premise, I still haven't ruled out the space-alien theory. I'm...

May 14, 2015

It’s hard to believe it’s been 505 years since 1607

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker stumbles on history, and arithmetic. No wonder he wants to cut...

May 13, 2015

When you’re chewing on life’s gristle

Cheer up, Huck. Some things in life are bad. They can really make you mad....

May 12, 2015

Smart people saying smart things (5.12)

Candida Moss on the pedagogy of Hell. Libby Anne on "Orgies, Bisexuality, James Dobson, and...

May 10, 2015

Sunday WTF?

"Immediately she fell down at his feet and died. When the young men came in...

May 08, 2015

Left Behind Classic Fridays, No. 32: ‘Keep an eye on the Jews’

The remainder of Steve Plank's e-mail -- three pages long -- has nothing to do...

May 06, 2015

Keep it loose, keep it tight

I have this Amos Lee song stuck in my head, so now I'm trying to...

May 05, 2015

Happy cornbread anniversary

Franklin Graham rails against the X-Men as an "attempt to indoctrinate our young people" into...

May 05, 2015

Bradley Cooper’s amazing performance as a sociopath killer

I finally saw that big Oscar-nominated Bradley Cooper flick -- the one where he played...

May 04, 2015

Sunday WTF?

"When they came to the threshing-floor of Nacon, Uzzah reached out his hand to the...

May 01, 2015

This day is not imagination’s child

Texas Republican slaps down right-wing nonsense: "I am horrified that I have to choose between...

May 01, 2015

Left Behind Classic Fridays, No. 31: ‘Scream 2 morality’

The lesson, I suppose, is that our heroes are allowed to be selfish because they...

April 2015

April 29, 2015

The earth spins on and on and so much news is bad

Something the size of a mustard seed can produce a nasty invasive weed ... or...

April 29, 2015

‘See, there were these two guys in a lunatic asylum …’

I wouldn't like this story at all if I thought it ended with Batman choking...

April 28, 2015

How Bruce and Patti prove that Huckabee and Scalia are lying (and that they know full well they’re lying)

Antonin Scalia is also fully aware of the Roman Catholic Church's teaching and practice on...

April 28, 2015

Once again here I am

If you're a teenager in Harrison County, Mississippi, and you've been sentenced to write a...

April 26, 2015

Sunday WTF?

"And the man, the master of the house, went out to them and said to...

April 24, 2015

Now and then another bud unfolds

Please, please someone get an account for "Christian dating" app Collide and list Ruth 3:4...

April 24, 2015

Left Behind Classic Fridays, No. 30: ‘Thank Heaven for little girls’

Consider Rayford's use, again, of the word "emergency" here. Parts of the airport are actually...

April 21, 2015

After signing Tim Tebow, the Philadelphia Eagles should sign Michael Sam

Signing Michael Sam to the same kind of one-year contract that Tebow just got could...

April 19, 2015

Sunday WTF?

"This woman said to me, 'Give up your son; we will eat him today, and...

April 17, 2015

Taking too much too lightly

"I am quite confident that the Bible’s distinguished place in history will not be diminished...

April 17, 2015

Left Behind Classic Fridays, No. 29: ‘Sorrow Floats’

The "Rapture" idea, ultimately, is a pretty flimsy device for the denial of death. The...

April 15, 2015

Setting half the trends we know

When somebody claims to be just like Dietrich Bonhoeffer, that's usually a big clue that...

April 14, 2015

I see you darkly through a glass again

It really took a lot of work to imagine that a law mandating and subsidizing...

April 12, 2015

Sunday WTF?

"Ehud came to him, while he was sitting alone in his cool roof-chamber, and said,...

April 11, 2015

Lazy Saturday open thread

Got distracted. Talk amongst yourselves. (Shouldn't Matt's hair be a bit redder?)

April 10, 2015

Left Behind Classic Fridays, No. 28: ‘Shackled’

Here is a young man without faith, without hope. He is convinced the world is...

April 09, 2015

5 reasons I’m looking forward to ‘Daredevil’ (and 5 reasons I’m worried)

OK, allow me to geek out for a bit here, because the new "Daredevil" series...

April 09, 2015

Sing about the love for which you stand

Unregulated corporate lawyer-bots block libertarian political announcement. Pseudo-historian David Barton did not write the song...