Those who believe God created the universe as it is today have taken more and more desperate measures to keep the teaching of creationism on school curricula. First, they wanted the teaching to consist of the creation stories told in Genesis. Then, when that failed because it was considered religion rather than science, they wanted [...]
Front cover of The Atlantic
Could this photograph win or lose votes for John McCain? (© 2008 The Atlantic.)
This blog now iPhone-friendly
Those of you who check in from time to time using your iPhone should now be able to see an iPhone-friendly version of this blog, which lists the articles in chronological order and allows you to navigate through the material in an iPhone-familiar way. (I recommend turning your iPhone on its side for the best [...]
Morford: virgins are overrated!
I’m republishing this old article of mine from May, 2006, as it is very relevant to the recent conversation on sexual morality. —————————– In an article entitled “Christian Virgins Are Overrated,” San Francisco Chronicle columnist Mark Morford makes a series of good observations about the conservative approach to sexuality, particularly as it relates to sex [...]
‘NUCULAR’: Palin has company!
I spotted a friend of a friend on Facebook ridiculing Sarah Palin, basing her critique on the fact that the word ‘nuclear’ Palin pronounces ‘nucular.’ The critique is all over the web. Seitzman: “She said ‘nucular.’ Twice. … If you are a McCain/Palin/Bush voter, you and I do not have a difference of opinion. We [...]
Economic woes and Four-Cheese Doritos
Americans are stressed out with economic worries right now, so they’re turning to comfort foods according to this article. And I think it’s true, since I saw the article only half an hour after returning home on a Sunday morning with two family-sized bags of the recently re-released 4-cheese Doritos! When I first visited America [...]
Hopewell responds on sexual morality
Stephen Hopewell has responded to my latest post on sexual morality, the background of which forms a thread on this topic that runs like this: 1) My post, Philips, Pompeii and human sexuality, 2) His article, The Sex Problem, Past and Present, 3) My response, Stephen Hopewell on Pompeii, 4) His comment below. Hi John, [...]
VP Debate: my live blogged summary
This is my live-blogging of the VP debate as it transpired between candidates Joe Biden and Sarah Palin. (Also see my live-blogged summary of the McCain/Obama debate here.) 5:58pm First, I’ll be playing Palin Bingo during the event tonight to spice things up a little. So, watching the debate, playing bingo, live blogging, eating dinner, [...]
Thursday
First, it’s the Palin-Biden debate tonight. I can’t wait to see what happens. Can Sarah redeem herself after her awful interviews with Katie Couric, the second part of which is even worse than the first? Can Joe refrain from ripping apart a hockey mom on live television or taking his foot and putting it in [...]
Offended
On my radio show this afternoon I kicked off a heated debate on the current issues affecting American politics. Gary, one of my regular contributors, came into the studio in an awful mood about the state of the economy, the presidential campaign and American politics in general, and my initiating provoked his anger about the [...]
Stephen Hopewell on Pompeii and sexuality
Stephen Hopewell of the Heritage American blog mentioned my post ‘
The Burger
From last night’s episode of How I Met Your Mother: Just a Burger? Just a burger. Robin, it’s so much more than “just a burger.” I mean…that first bite—oh, what heaven that first bite is. The bun, like a sesame freckled breast of an angel, resting gently on the ketchup and mustard below, flavors mingling [...]
Scorpion suicide?
Yesterday at lunchtime, I stopped by at the office of my friend Heather, who was screaming and running when I walked in. Evidently a scorpion had gotten behind her desk and freaked her out, and some of the guys were taking it out to kill it. The thing was huge, too, at least five or [...]
How a statement can be true but still misleading
Consider the following: Dow absorbs biggest one-day loss in history: 777.68 points Stocks plunged yesterday with the Dow Jones industrial average falling nearly 780 points—the biggest one-day point drop ever—after federal lawmakers failed to pass a $700 billion plan to bail out the financial system. Nick Gillespie gives a useful insight to why headlines that [...]
Do I still like Palin?
A comment left on Crawley’s blog asks if I still like McCain’s running mate Sarah Palin: John Wright gave Palin a thumbs up on his webpage following her convention speech. I think that John Wright clearly disagrees with her anti-abortion and creationist views. However he felt that she was ‘genuinely capable of appealing to the [...]
Debate: my live-blogged summary
So, the debate is now over, and this is my summary of the event, blogged live while watching it. 5:57pm Welcome. I’m watching this on Fox News because I heard Megyn Kelly was involved in the coverage, though I haven’t seen her yet. She’s HOT! Currently they’re talking about how McCain has to keep his [...]
Proof of media bias in favor of Obama
I’m not one for blaming the press on this and the media on that. For one, I’m a member of the news media, and I believe my coverage is neutral when it’s not supposed to represent my opinion. I’m also not a tin foil hat-wearing conspiracy theorist, and I tend to be unenthusiastic about ‘bias [...]
