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November 2021

November 30, 2021

Return of the Plug-Uglies

I'M reading a book by Yale historian Joanne B. Freeman, above, about violence in the...

October 2021

October 11, 2021

‘Vaccinated in Christ’ Idahoan wins this week’s Herman Cain Award

UNTIL his death from Covid-19 last week, Pete Coulson, above, was a member of a...

September 2021

September 15, 2021

Satire takes another hit: UK’s new Culture Minister is a right-wing Catholic bigot

TOM Lehrer, described as "the most brilliant song satirist ever recorded" once said "political satire...

September 15, 2021

‘Wrath of God’ lawmaker convicted for assaulting a schoolboy

Kansas State Representative and substitute teacher, Mark Samsel, above, who was arrested in April for...

September 05, 2021

‘He’ll be back’: Preacher says she & Trump will retake the White House

TELEVANGELIST Paula White, above, who famously prayed for for "all satanic pregnancies to miscarry right...

July 2021

July 20, 2021

Ice cream meltdown: Ben & Jerry’s ignite ‘anti-Israel’ storm

THERE'S a video on Twitter showing Israeli cabinet minister Orna Barbivay, above, tossing a tub...

July 15, 2021

Shielding luminaries from criticism would be a monumental blunder

THERE has been widespread upset about the damage and desecration of memorials in the UK...

June 2021

June 23, 2021

No Communion for Biden, no tax exemption for the Catholic Church

THE United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) may just have bitten off more than...

June 11, 2021

Woman with political aspirations obstructed by Haredi media

AMBER Adler is the first Orthodox Jewish woman to run for city council in her...

May 2021

May 07, 2021

Meet the Christian ‘luvvie’ who wants to be Mayor of London

BRITISH actor and singer Laurence Fox, above, son of evangelical thespian James Fox, has lashed...

April 2021

April 30, 2021

Was N Ireland leader ousted for getting too chummy with the gays?

WRITING for the The Guardian after the shock resignation this week of Northern Ireland's 'butch'...

March 2021

March 11, 2021

Both sides in ‘gay cure’ debate accuse each other of ignorance

A recent parliamentary discussion in London regarding the possible outlawing of conversion therapies has unleashed...

February 2021

February 27, 2021

Op-ed: Oh, how they laughed when Ted Cruz joked about Cancún

A winter storm with below freezing temperatures killed more than a few people in Texas...

February 08, 2021

Trump incited mob to lynch ‘pussy’ Mike Pence in the Capitol

AFTER former Vice President Mike Pence refused Trump's order to overturn results in the key...

January 2021

January 18, 2021

Ex-Mormon missionary ‘sorry’ for breaching the Capitol and calling Nancy Pelosi a ‘traitor’ and a ‘bitch’

FOLLOWING the exposure of the racist, misogynistic and homophobic characteristics of God and Trump-loving domestic...

January 01, 2021

Fungelicals organise Jericho March™ to keep Trump in power

IN a last-ditch attempt to stop Joe Biden from entering the White House on January...

December 2020

December 20, 2020

Ex-jailbird praises ‘barbarian’ Trump as a ‘champion’ of Christianity

FAR-RIGHT news outlet, The Daily Caller – which adoringly supported Trump throughout his train-wreck of...

December 17, 2020

Op-ed: Government & Religion

IN November the UK Government launched an Independent Faith Engagement Review, headed by the Director...

December 16, 2020

A lesson for the Dems: in 2024 make a play for the secular vote

AHEAD of the 2020 US presidential election, its was reported here that the Democrats were...

December 13, 2020

Homo-hating Christian politician suspended from House of Lords

A NORTHERN Ireland member of the House of Lords – Lord Maginnis of Drumglass, above...

December 06, 2020

Pastor tells Trump to ‘slap’ Georgia’s Governor over election result

LUNACY abounds in Georgia. Coinciding with news that Trump has filed a lawsuit demanding a...

December 05, 2020

Turkish President: ‘Macron is trouble, get rid of him’

STILL smarting over Emmanuel Macron's remarks made last month about Islamic 'separatism, Turkish President Recep...

December 01, 2020

UK rabbi, accused of homophobia, sues two local councillors

RABBI Alan Plancey, above, recently appointed Mayor of the English town of Hertsmere in Hertfordshire,...

November 2020

November 29, 2020

Op-ed: Barr’s final revenge

THERE'S just no end to it. Austin Sarat at Slate reports: Last week, the Trump...

November 27, 2020

Loathsome Eurosceptic Nigel Farage attacks C of E & PM Johnson

BACK from the US, where he spent time with his buddy Trump on the US...

October 2020

October 27, 2020

Op-ed: All the absolutes

I READ a piece by Fintan O’Toole about the US Attorney General William Barr, above,...

October 25, 2020

Trump credits God with his ‘miracle COVID-19 recovery

DECLARING that he's moved from the Presbyterian camp to being a 'non-denominational,' Donald Trump said he...

September 2020

September 17, 2020

‘Religion and politics don’t mix.’ Mayor scraps chaplaincy post.

A MOVE by the new Mayor of the Kent borough of Swale to scrap the...

September 15, 2020

Who would Jesus vote for? ‘Unkind’ Trump or ‘virtuous’ Biden.

A NEW survey conducted by what The Christian Post calls a 'left-leaning' Christian activist group...

September 07, 2020

Before Trump became President he mocked evangelicals

DONALD TRUMP'S former lawyer and 'fixer' has a book to sell – and in it...