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September 30, 2015

Francis and Kim

I was not planning to write about the visit of the Bishop of Rome, whom...

August 2012

August 20, 2012

Russia Does Not Heart Pussy Rioters Or Gays

Russians seem to love authoritarianism. It doesn’t matter if it’s the czarist, Communist or modern...

June 2012

June 08, 2012

The Bad News Bears

Exactly ten years ago the U.S. Supreme Court allowed legal after-hours access to elementary schools...

March 2012

March 26, 2012

Tennesseans Iz Lernin

I grew up in Miami, but I spent my junior and senior years of high...

March 08, 2012

Sharia Hysteria And Unintended Consequences

In their continuing effort to make false distinctions among fundamentalist Islam, Christianity and Judaism, lawmakers...

March 06, 2012

Another Baby Dies Due To Ritual Circumcision

I wish that I did not have to post things like this. I’ve already written...

March 01, 2012

Republican Roundup: Santorum, Kennedy, Romney & Posthumous Conversions

J.J. Goldberg, frequently one of the most sane voices in American Jewish journalism, has a...

January 2012

January 25, 2012

Heigh-Ho, Heigh-Ho…Onto The Ark We Go!

I just took a few days off to go to Walt Disney World with my...

January 13, 2012

Reasonable Religion

Am I anti-religious? Many atheists are proudly so. They see all religion as dangerous and...

January 05, 2012

Homohater Fosser Fram

Once again Iowa has held its ridiculous caucuses allowing a microscopic number of people to...

July 2011

July 11, 2011

Polygamy ≠ Same-Sex Marriage

The anti-gay crowd often cites the opinion that if gay marriage is legalized then polygamy...

July 10, 2011

Laudable Statement By A Republican Presidential Candidate

I’ve consumed quite a few kilobytes railing against the theocrats in the Republican Party. It...

July 05, 2011

Rabbi Lior’s Arrest Is The Price Of Entangling Religion & State

For those of you who haven’t been following the latest religious follies in Israel, I...

March 2011

March 08, 2011

Critical Creationist Crapola

I was wondering how long it was going to take for my home state Florida...

March 08, 2011

Ft. Bragg Hearts Jesus…Dawkins Not So Much

After military officials at Fort Bragg in North Carolina gave financial support and content endorsement...

March 06, 2011

Defending Marriage? Sure They Are

The criminally discriminatory “Defense of Marriage Act” was brought into being by those pillars of...

March 01, 2011

Meanwhile, Some Christians Are Getting The Picture

While Huckabee is busy plotting how to further define gay people as violators of "Natural...

March 01, 2011

Mike Huckabee Is A Homophobic Ass

Mike Huckabee must be stopped. This man is a religious fanatic and putting him in...

February 2011

February 27, 2011

Secular Students Stonewalled At Public Schools

Greta Christina has an important piece on AlterNet about the push back that secular student...

January 2011

January 29, 2011

The Consequences Of Not Teaching Evolution

By way of Pharyngula, many people are learning this week about a new paper published...

January 03, 2011

The Lord Spake Unto Pat Robertson? Must Be A New Year!

The Lord has spoken to Pat Robertson again. He wrote it all down on a...

December 2010

December 22, 2010

The FRC Follows God’s Specific Orders

Here’s the difference between religious nutbags and everyone else. The religious nutbags have a direct...

December 06, 2010

Illinois Does The Right Thing…Almost

With my trip to Israel cancelled due to an illness in the family, I’ve had...

December 05, 2010

Why Is The U.S. Taxpayer Buying Stained-Glass Windows?

Richard Dawkins’ website has called attention to a report on the Politico website about stimulus...

December 01, 2010

God Told Kentucky To Build Them An Arky, Arky

Sadly I had finished my rabbinical education in Cincinnati long before the Creation Museum opened...

November 2010

November 30, 2010

Ten Commandments Revisited

Some east Texas yahoo is putting forward legislation to allow the ten commandments to be...

November 17, 2010

Sean Faircloth, Secular Coalition For America

Last week I had the privilege of meeting and hearing Sean Faircloth, executive director of...

October 2010

October 29, 2010

McCance Resigns From Arkansas School Board

That pig, Clint McCance, who made the disgusting comments on facebook about gays, is resigning....

October 27, 2010

“Solid Christian Beliefs”

Here’s one of the most egregious cases of homophobia that we’ve seen in a while. ...

October 24, 2010

Religious Marriages Only!

The Friendly Atheist found this on the website of New York 21st Congressional District Republican...