Friday Bag o’ Blessings
There, wasn’t that easy? Next problem? I’m here to help. How about mass shootings? Sure, let’s go there.
You Can’t Read That!
You Can’t Read That! is a periodic post featuring banned book reviews and news roundups. The photo is titled “Girl reading ‘Mickey Mouse and the Submarine Pirates’ comic book in newsstand with small dog lying across her lap.” It was taken in 1947 by Charles “Teenie” Harris, lead photographer of one of the USA’s leading black newspapers, the Pittsburgh Courier. I couldn’t […]
Thursday Bag o’ Dorian Gray
I really really do not want my next presidential choice to be Hillary Clinton, but now I feel I have to defend her by voting for her. God damn you Karl Rove!
I’m a Slow Learner, But I’m Getting There
You can’t argue with people who are motivated by spite.
Another Racist, Another Unfriending
Trying … and failing … to hold onto the notion that it’s possible to be conservative without also being racist and stupid.
Saturday Bag o’ Public Shaming
People have always gone in for public shaming, but social media makes it happen a lot quicker. Crack wise at breakfast, and by lunch you’re in the town square, squirming in the stocks.
The Debate (Updated)
… most atheists are not like that, and there are a lot of us. I think there are more of us than anyone knows. One reason for that is that few of us go out of our way to advertise it.
Monday Bag o’ Nuts & Bolts
If you checked in on Twitter any time during the past week, you probably saw multiple references to the Grantland story. Grantland, an online magazine associated with ESPN, ran an article about “Dr. V,” the mysterious woman behind Yar Golf. The journalist, Caleb Hannan, set out to write about a radical new putter taking the […]