Emasculation Was Not My Intent

I didn’t know what to make of this at first. Studies show that men who voted for McCain saw their testosterone levels fall when they found out he lost.
I feel, as you might expect, some responsibility for this. After all, I spent several months last year dragging out all the dirt on this dishonorable [...]

Book Giveaway #2

Today we have a new offering in our book giveaways. I think it behooves me to explain this event a bit. The Hatchette Book Group wrote offering me the opportunity to do book giveaways. They supply me with a short list of available titles. I’ve chosen three over a two month period.
That being said, it [...]

Short Takes on the Day, 10/17/09

Some weeks ago, it was announced that the Vatican was going to conduct a “review” of American Catholic religious women. One part is understandable, of the 59,000 nuns in the US, 70 is the median age, and there are only several hundred who are in their 30’s. Something is definitely wrong in the world of [...]

Toward a Personal Theology (Part 1)

I’m often asked (well okay, almost never, but you have to admit it’s a good lead in) what my problem is with fundamentalists.
My answer is not that I have such a serious quarrel with somebody saying there are five or six things one must adhere to in order to be “Christian.” Actually, I do, but [...]

All Roads Lead to Here

I was answering a comment on an older post yesterday, when I thought of a statement I attribute to Deepak Chopra. I found the book, but could not find the statement. I’ll leave the attribution there, since I can’t think of anywhere else I found it in.  Get a copy of How to Know God: [...]

Puzzling Through

The election season may be over, but polls keep on keepin’ on.
The Pew Forum continues to talk to America about it’s religious leanings, and continues to offer us manna from somewhere to chew on.
Yesterday we learned that the more faithful you are, the more you tend to favor torture, especially the more fundamentalist  orthodox you [...]

I Got Nothin’

I’ve just finished perusing nearly 400 blogs, and reading a fair number of them, commenting on a few. While I can categorically say that many impressed me, at least the one’s I left comments on, none inspired me with anything exceptionally interesting to write about.
So, as Jon Stewart is wont to say, “I got nothin’.” [...]