Good luck trying to evade the heated arguments and hyperbole spewing from the current gun hysteria—and I’m talking about hysterical zealots from both sides of the gun control debate. While it can’t be argued that guns make more efficient assault weapons than do knives, baseball bats or sausages, the person who applies a Louisville Slugger…
“Sports do not build character. They reveal it.” ~Heywood Broun A great hoax was perpetrated this week in the world of college football. Shortly after pledging his allegiance to the University of Oregon, head football coach Chip Kelly did an about-face and decided to make his way to the NFL ranks as the gridiron chief…
“It’s just a ride” – Bill Hicks Throughout history, many species on this planet have instinctively sought a “leader” or someone who can bring a sense of security to them. Humans however, take this a step further. We not only seek those we see in physical form in our daily lives (i.e., charismatic co-worker or schoolmate, a…
“The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated…..” – Amendment IV, U.S. Constitution “The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.” – Amendment IX, U.S. Constitution…
“Unless a man starts afresh about things, he will certainly do nothing effective.” ~G.K. Chesterton Around the same time of the morning on January 1 that the US Senate passed its bill to avoid the much-ballyhooed fiscal cliff, I was observing a pretty momentous anniversary. Granted, I was fast asleep during the historic event, my…
It’s time once again for Fun with Biblical Interpretation! In this installment, we dive into the second chapter of the second book of Kings, specifically verses 23–24—everyone’s favorite tale of heavenly vengeance and wild animal attacks! 2 Kings 2:23–24 (KJV) 23 And he (Elisha) went up from thence unto Bethel: and as he was going up…
In the cold and misty infancy of yet another new year, my thoughts drift easily, dreamily, seeping from one brain fold to another. It’s not a day for big-think or physical effort beyond that required to make a cup of tea. It’s a day, easing into evening, for self-indulgent woolgathering and listening to music like…
“It was true that I didn’t have much ambition, but there ought to be a place for people without ambition, I mean a better place than the one usually reserved. How in the hell could a man enjoy being awakened at 6:30 a.m. by an alarm clock, leap out of bed, dress, force-feed, shit, piss,…
The opposite of love isn’t hate. The opposite of love is fear. Sages and enlightened men and women throughout the ages have encouraged us to embrace this axiom, again and again. Unfortunately, humanity’s usual method for accommodating mystics and messengers is to either disregard or kill them. Since our common era associates this time of…
Seasons Greetings and Happy holidays, Winter Soltice, Christmas, Yule, Malkh, Dies Natalis Solis Invicti, Kwanzaa, Hanukkah, Yalda, Bodhi Day, Boxing Day, Saint Lucy’s Day, Xmas, Festivus, Dongzhi, Mōdraniht, Pancha Ganapati, Saturnalia or whatever-the-fuck else you may celebrate during the month of December depending upon your geographical place of birth and which superstitions, traditions and religious…
It was just before an appointment with WC Clark down in the bowels of Gruene Hall the other night that I found myself smack-dab in the middle of another gol’ dern gun debate. Well, that’s not exactly true since the topic didn’t come up innocently. Believe the conversation went something like this: “Hey, how ya’…
I was 14 years old before I had my first encounter with Jesus Christ. Up to that point, I had heard enough about the basic story to get around in the world—born on Christmas, raised from the dead on Easter, and the whole “Born of a Virgin” thing. But I never had to deal with…
by A. G. House How are religious fallacies detrimental to foreign policy? If voters base their foreign policy ideas on notions such as that America should favor Israel over other nations because God supposedly said to Israel in Genesis 12:3, “I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you I will curse; and…
“Going through the town of Lindenhurst was like entering what I imagine a war zone would look like. There was debris blown everywhere, the National Guard stood in clusters and a huge sign flashed, “Curfew In Effect Dusk Till Dawn.” by Cynthia Cone The Monday night that Superstorm Sandy made landfall, we lost power around…
