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Monthly Archives: September 2015
I Like This Image
Life perspective. Sunset on Mars, taken by Curiosity. On Monday, NASA is going to have a big press conference (probably announcing the discovery of water beneath Mars’ surface). NASA’s Curiosity Rover Shows a Stunning Martian Sunset from Last Month | … Continue reading
The Republican Party’s Dilemma for 2016: Should It Increase Its Hispanic Or White Voting Percentage?
Steven Cohen, at The New Republic, concisely slices and dices the Republican dilemma surrounding Hispanics: Republican elites believe that they can stave off this racialized fissure with bilingual campaign ads and half-hearted appeals to pragmatism. What they ignore is not … Continue reading
If You’re Religious, Do You Put Your Soul At Hazard By Watching Comedy Central?
Below are four pretty good reasons for thinking humor is dangerous to religious belief: Humor is dangerous to any confident expression of metaphysics, for it lampoons pretense. It deflates and complicates; it speaks on behalf of the sorts of contending truths … Continue reading
I’m With The Crazy Kentucky Clerk
Imagine applying for a government job in which one among the many duties listed in the job description is to lead a group once weekly in the Pledge of Allegiance, and being told that, if you are an agnostic or … Continue reading
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