Boingboing produced this video montage of deaths in the old school age of video games (Atari and NES/Sega mostly, for […]
food, politics, sustainability
Why should we care where Sarah Palin got her bunny (and how many shots it took)?
The designated Badass Quote of the Day for today over on Dispatches is from Jason Easley at Politics USA: Sarah […]
fun, pareidolia, religion, science
You make the music go back; you hear Satan speakin’
According to Wikipedia, Pareidolia ( /pærɪˈdoʊliə/ parr-i-DOH-lee-ə) is a psychological phenomenon involving a vague and random stimulus (often an image […]
freedom of speech, politics, religion
“Freedom for me, but not for thee” of the day
From the American Family Association’s spokesman, Bryan Fischer: Islam has no fundamental First Amendment claims, for the simple reason that […]
Chick-fil-A, follow-up, LGBT
Follow-up: Jesus Chicken edition
I wrote before about how the conservative Christian-affiliated chicken chain Chik-Fil-A has received some very negative feedback about their contributions […]
atheism, news, religion, skepticism, study
Religion going extinct? I doubt it.
The BBC reports on a paper recently presented at the American Physical Society meeting here in Dallas which makes claims about […]
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Update
I submitted a version of my “Helping vs. blaming in Japan” post to State of Formation, modified to include more […]
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Making sense of tragedy: was the earthquake a “divine punishment”?
Cross-posted from State of Formation. Over at Religion Dispatches Levi McLaughlin, a professor of religion who specializes in East Asian traditions, writes […]