“The sun,” it used to be said, “never set on the British Empire.” Somewhat the same might be said of the sunlight that streams through my window onto my bookshelves.…
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# Journal Entry
There is no way of finding out, but I have the suspicion that the name of God, and members of his family, is invoked more in oaths and curses than…
OK, that’s pretty strong language and maybe offensive to some people (who prefer to use nails). But, frankly, I am sick of Iowa and New Hampshire and their honky-white, coverall,…
Historically, there is probably a good case that that a Jewish baby boy, Yeshua bar Yusef, was born some time in the winter of 4 B.C. [1] He seems to have…
Note: This essay contains material of a graphic sexual nature and may be offensive to young children and Republicans of most any age. [1] My college alumni magazine has a…
“Long Live the Unity of the People of the World” Chinese poster, CA 1960s, by Qian Shengfa. Secular propaganda from an “officially” atheist country; but why do four smiling people…
A friend of mine idolizes Ronald Reagan; “Dutch,” he calls him, like others call him “The Gipper,” phony sobriquets for a phony who dressed up in military uniforms, but never…
The term “spaceship earth” was supposedly coined by the late economist Barbara Ward back around the time of the moon landings. It was, and is, an apt metaphor, especially if…
Evangels are always testifying. You know, professing their “saved” and “born again” BS and going on about how morally superior they are because they have decided to believe in…
There is George Bush, looking as dumb-faced as usual, in front of the cameras last week, and telling General-President Musharraf of Pakistan that he must take off his military uniform.…