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July 2016

July 28, 2016

In Democratic Baltimore, Black Lives Don’t Matter

And this illustrates why the most urgent matter in 2016 is not to put Clinton...

July 14, 2016

Discordianism Through Its Literature

Magicians, and progeny the scientists, have always taken themselves and their subject in an orderly...

July 06, 2016

Attachment and Razors

So this razor has been up against my face (and occasionally other body parts) for...

July 04, 2016

Against the Hagiography of Elie Wiesel

After Israel's invasion of Lebanon he used a remarkable excuse for his silence: "I am...

July 01, 2016

Affirming One Is Not Erasure of Another

There is a fundamental confusion at work in many people's notions about their identity: that...

June 2016

June 30, 2016

Stopping Violence With Absurdity

And only then did I realize that these guys intent on working themselves into a...

June 20, 2016

Ryōkan’s Moon

"I'm sorry that you've come all this way to see me, and I have nothing...

June 15, 2016

Can We — Should We — Forgive A Monster?

Of course, we won't do that. There's too much blood and too much anger. We'll...

May 2016

May 26, 2016

Is It Time To Abolish the Police?

Circuit Judge Barry G. Williams seems to have been incredulous, repeatedly asking, "Every time there...

May 18, 2016

An Anarchist Goes To Court

Thornley drew an interesting parallel between this power of the state and the mental and...

May 17, 2016

When the Land Changes

Every bit of land has its own spirit, its genius loci, its kami, call it...

May 10, 2016

Religious Liberty: Something Pastafarians and Evangelicals Both Deserve

Now, basic concern for others and a reluctance to use state force against them ought...

May 04, 2016

What Would Luke Skywalker Do?

Forget the lousy prequels and shun the "special editions" with their pointless effects and plot...

April 2016

April 20, 2016

A “420” Miracle

Not to sound like a stoned dorm room conversation, but the whole experience is a...

April 18, 2016

Render Unto Caesar — But Not My Flesh

There are things that must always be taken as beyond the authority of kings and...

April 14, 2016

“The Walking Dead”, Meta-Narrative, The Nature of Horror, and Human Sacrifice

Horror might be defined as the subgenre of speculative fiction that sets out to disturb...

April 09, 2016

What Is A Black Belt? Initiation in the Martial Arts

Those who don't train or are new to the martial arts often think of a...

March 2016

March 26, 2016

Why Batman v. Superman Matters

Batman and Superman matter, because the tales of the superheroes are our modern myths. By...

March 24, 2016

The Gods Are Like Golden Apples

A golden apple is no trinket. You don't just pop over to the produce aisle...

March 17, 2016

Election 2016: Did “Shutdown Culture” Just Give the Presidency To Trump?

Confused progressives have been celebrating the shutdown of the Trump rally as a victory. But...

March 15, 2016

Concussions, Geometry, And Incompatible World-Views

What's remarkable is that the collision happened because, in effect, we were operating under different...

March 08, 2016

Distracting Thoughts In Meditation

It's a funny thing about those inner voices. Many voices together make an incomprehensible noise....

March 03, 2016

Election 2016: There Are More Than Two Colors

But, gee, Patheos, since you asked for more politics...well. I feel a little clickbaity here,...

February 2016

February 29, 2016

Exorcising Trump

Kameyama asked several priests to exorcise the ghosts, and they came and did all sorts...

February 25, 2016

The Bullet, the Bow, and the Blade

If you find the bullet spiritually horrifying but are perfectly comfortable with the blade or...

February 22, 2016

Poem: “a raffish sermon”

that you exist is proof that the universe loves you it brought you into being...

February 20, 2016

Am I Going Nuts?

But I can never be sure. This routine bit of business becomes a topic of...

February 09, 2016

Fun a Day Wrapup: Artistic Budding At Imbolc

That phrase lodged in my brain, and made me think about how it may be...

January 2016

January 24, 2016

Fun a Day: “You’re the only one who can be you”

it doesn't reflect what you saw the man in the orange coat waiting at the...

January 18, 2016

One Thousand Punches, One Hell of a Bird

Over the past few years my sensei has instituted a tradition of starting our kagami...

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