Bread and Sacred Cows
Anyone who knows me knows I am in general antipathetic toward sports. I don’t watch it, I don’t follow it, and I could not care less who is winning or losing. The sun does not rise and set on finals, … Continue reading
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National Day of Idiocy
We should have a National Day of Idiocy to celebrate our rich heritage of public figures who make asinine statements. I find it both fascinating and revolting how a certain faction reaches for the Holocaust at every opportunity in order … Continue reading
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Original Intent
According to recent polls, a growing number of Americans believe that the Second Amendment was put in the Bill of Rights in order to guarantee that our government will not impose any kind of tyranny upon us. That an armed … Continue reading
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Wrong Is Right: Political Absurdity Incarnate
Eleven North Carolina state representatives are attempting to do something which has been illegal in this country since the ratification of the Constitution. Namely, establish a State Religion. Here’s what they’re trying to pass: SECTION 1. The North Carolina General … Continue reading
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Undeserved Entitlement
It’s wearying, this constant reminder that we live in a culture that has standards at odds with lofty goals. People make special conditions for their principles. The people lamenting the “ruined” lives of the Steubenville rapists would no doubt feel … Continue reading
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Banks Passing
One of the founding members of a band I have loved and followed since I first heard them over 44 years ago has died. Peters Banks was the original guitarist for Yes. As noted in the obituary, he recorded the … Continue reading
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Meaning, Cults, Freedom
Recently, I finished reading Lawrence Wright’s new book, Going Clear: Scientology, Hollwood, & the Prison of Belief, about Scientology. It’s a lucid history and examination of the movement. I wrote a review of the book over at the Proximal Eye, … Continue reading
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Guns and Popes
2013 is shaping up early to be one of those singular years in which people will be asked “Where were you when…?” Two things of note at the moment, both of which have the slimmest of connections—or maybe not, depending … Continue reading
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Scouts’ Honor
My relationship with the Boy Scouts of America was not the most pleasant. I was an oddity, to be sure. I think I was at one time the only—only—second class scout to be a patrol leader. Second class. For those … Continue reading
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2012
I was never so glad to see an election done than this past one. The only comparable year in my experience was 1968 and I can’t honestly say that comparison is viscerally valid, as I was 13 most of that … Continue reading
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