Republican responsibility 13 Aug 2009 This whole thing is teetering on the edge. Someone else is going to die soon. Maybe lots of someone elses. It will be your fault. [From Almost Diamonds] Once upon a time, to be a conservative was to be someone who valued personal responsibility. It’s been a long time since then. Politics
Politics Secularism as protection for religion 9 Oct 200818 Sep 2017 As some of you may have figured out by now, my overarching Evil Plan is to get people thinking about their basic assumptions. Even when those people are the “good guys” and free thinkers. So in service of that I am giving a public talk for the Secular Freethinkers society… Read More
Politics Pell causes Catholics stress 6 Jun 2007 Clerical Catholic Imam, George Pell, has done it again. Proven why secularism is a necessity, that is. He has threatened politicians who are Catholics with exclusion from communion, which is not quite excommunication but nevertheless still pretty drastic, if they vote in favour of a secular law permitting stem cell… Read More
Mark Rosenfelder explains that the Republicans haven’t been the same since they invented the time machine: http://zompist.wordpress.com/2009/08/12/tinfoil-opposition/