The sign, displayed by a Parisian, translates as “We all are Charlie.” From England’s “Guardian” here’s one of the more intelligent editorials published in response to yesterday’s cowardly assault on freedom of expression. My own solution would be more radical.…
Category: Religion
Michael Jackson / Lisa Presley “Wedding” Hoax
Recently I came across one more of the thousands of online references to the wedding, in the Dominican Republic, of the late Michael Jackson to Lisa Marie Presley, daughter of the also late Elvis. That “wedding” – allegedly held more than 20…
Five Days Without Television
I recently read an online complaint by a parent waiting for the cable guy to show up and fix a broken connection. “I scheduled the day off of work as I have three kids and 5 days without TV makes for…
Taking Government out of Christmas
A recent article in a small town newspaper began: For years, atheists have tried to take Jesus Christ out of Christmas. That first sentence is another one of those inflammatory phrases that is careful worded to distort the truth. Speaking…
Yes, Virginia. There is a Santa Claus (bah humbug)
author’s note: This piece was originally published few days before Christmas of 1993 on the Editorial Page of the Wall Street Journal as an Editorial (NOT as a Letter to the Editor). For the Ebenezer Scrouges out there, the incidents…
“Dr.” Terry Jones is an Asshole
If you find his name familiar but can’t quite recall why . . . he’s the Florida-based, right wing, crazy, fundamentalist Christian of the snake-handling variety who threatened to burn a Koran in protest of the plans for a Mosque…
Gone Is The Rapture
Back in the day . . . a phrase dear to us lovers of music from the time when a song was defined as a combination of harmonious melody and lyrical poetry . . . there was a song that…
It will NOT end tomorrow
I predict, without fear of error, the world will not end tomorrow by any divine act of destruction. I do not need some crackpot’s reading of an apocryphal text written by superstitious, or maybe even, malicious fabulists. How is it…
Have You Been Saved?
The following quoted item appeared in my local newspaper earlier today. In this week’s (our religious columnist) explores how students at (world-famous local engineering institution) are engineering their own faith community. For example, members of the (school) Christian Fellowship would…