Archive for July, 2008
No Good Government Says Anything About God’s Presence
It's official, we have another bat-shit crazy lunatic in the U.S. Congress, who seems to have forgotten not only common sense, but the very constitution he's sworn to uphold. This ...
U.S. House Takes Up Marijuana Decrim
Legislators aim to snuff out penalties for pot use It's a banner day for drug policy reform. The top story on CNN for a while this morning was a ...
Comment Moderation–On YouTube
Once again, I've been hit by a CUT troll. This time over on my YouTube interviews. It started out with three comments, which ...
The Pseudo Science of the Spoken Word: Part 2
Continued from Part 1
I remember feeling sick in my belly as I trudged up the snowy steps to the back door of a woman's home ...
More Lazy Anti-Atheist Bigotry
Believe it or Not Thanks to vjack from Atheist Revolution for pointing out one more silly and lazy example of a column (linked above), this time by ...
Full Sean Prophet KULR-TV Interview at YouTube
When Kathy Weber originally interviewed me, (previous article) we spoke for about 40 minutes. Short excerpts of the interview became part of KULR's ...
Juliette p. 19
More than 200 years after he was jailed and his works banned, some people may still give me a hard time for quoting Sade. ...
It’s Important to Keep Stirring the Pot
At PoliGazette, Michael Merritt reprises the age-old argument about so-called 'militant atheism.' He cites PZ Myers (misspelling his name) and "crackergate" as an example of "rubbing it in the ...
Cleansing the Public Square
Religious messages on personal or commercial property are protected speech, and I would never dream of touching or damaging someone's car, church sign, or ...
The Pseudo Science of the Spoken Word: Part 1
This article begins a series in which I will systematically deconstruct one of the foundational scriptures of the Church Universal and Triumphant, The Science of ...
Indonesian executed for killing 42 women
Indonesian executed for killing 42 women Suradji was arrested in May 1997 following the discovery of a body in a field close to this house in Lubukpakan, a village ...
KULR-TV Interviews Sean Prophet
I was approached by KULR's (Billings, MT) Kathy Weber back in June to do an interview regarding CUT's 50th anniversary. Given all the ...
Chakib Khelil Extends Double-Talk on Oil Prices
It's hard to fathom OPEC president Chakib Khelil's (previous article) duplicitous and outrageous statements about the oil markets. On the one hand, OPEC is a cartel benefiting from prices ...
Summit Lighthouse at 50: The Fanatics Have Won
Hello again, readers, and happy 4th of July to you. I'm back from a month-long writing hiatus. It's also been a year since I ...