Saturday, February 9, 2019

Oh, Dear. The Times Used to Have a Really Good Religion Department, Too.

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Trump just ad-libbed "they came down from heaven" when quoting a Holocaust survivor watching American soldiers liberate Dachau. ...

Okay, "Believe All Women" isn't a Thing, Anymore? The Rules Change So Quickly.

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On Monday morning, Fairfax released a tweet that said “the person reported to be making this false allegation first approached the Washingto...

Can They Be Elected to Congress?

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Bees can solve math problems with addition and subtraction now

The Coracle's Saturday Literary Corner

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Michael Chabon [I confess he's one of my favorite authors] in the latest Paris Review: "I never read introductions,” says Rose, t...
Friday, February 8, 2019

"Cool Breeze" and the Lyrical Gangster

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Originally published in June of 2013 You should see it from the top.  "Nancy Drew" fans will know how many steps there are. ...
Thursday, February 7, 2019

Yes, and It's True of the "Company" in Which I Work, Too

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You can’t wear a sombrero for Halloween without the weight of the entire SJW media internet attempting to destroy your life but Warren cla...
Sunday, February 3, 2019

Rule #1 in Australia: Don't Touch the Animals

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Oblivious Tourist In Australia Picks Up Extremely Deadly Blue-Ringed Octopus

There's More Than One Way to Burn a Book

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Social Justice Warriors Harass Chinese Immigrant Author Into Cancelling Her Own Book After Charges Of Racism

I Have a Feeling This is Just the Beginning

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This Is What Anti-Christian Bigotry Looks Like
Saturday, February 2, 2019

21st Century Satanists are Lightweights

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Co-founder of Satanic Temple: Pence 'really scares me'

You Will Never Go Broke Predicting Disaster

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The London Independent in 2000: Snowfalls are now just a thing of the past The London Independent on January 28, 2019: UK weather fo...

They Need to Re-Examine Their Decision-Making Paradigm

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On patrol with the enforcer of D.C.’s plastic-straw ban and D.C.’S HOMICIDE RATE SOARS IN THE MIDST OF NATIONAL DECLINE

That's Nothing. I was in a Funeral Procession When the Hearse's Driver Died. He Kept Driving.

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‘This could have been a disaster;’ Car crashes through Massachusetts funeral home during service He did speed up a little, though.  We all...

A Pungent Question

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Why does the U.S. government help fund abortions through Planned Parenthood ($500 million a year) but not adoptions? Of course, I speak as...

Meanwhile, the People Have Eaten the Zoo Animals

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About 20 tons of gold from Venezuela's central bank was ready to be hauled away Tuesday on a Russian airline's Boeing 777 that land...

The Coracle's Saturday Literary Corner

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Turns out we have quite a bit to look at this week, especially as we thought that book reviews would be a welcome addition. Home of Victor...
Friday, February 1, 2019

Thomas Edward Lawrence

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Originally published on June 21, 2013 No, that's not a bathrobe. "The Beduin could not look for God within him: he was too ...
Tuesday, January 29, 2019

A Curmudgeonly Word to New Clergy, Seminarians, and Divinity School Students

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I've just read some of your essays.  I was looking forward to it, as I've sat at meetings and listened to you explain the church and...
Sunday, January 27, 2019

We've Noticed

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Increasingly Secular Nation Replaces Outdated Religious Ideas With End Times Prophecies, Moral Judgments Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-...

Welcome to the Post-Christian Age

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I mean, this is what was wanted, wasn't it?  The freedom to define morality according to one's whims. Enshrining mob rule in legal...