Calling it justice doesn’t make it just
Apparently in the uproar over beheadings committed by ISIS, some have noticed that America’s ally Saudi Arabia has committed quite a...
In the virtue stakes, reverence leaves empathy at the starting line
In France, individual citizens run a satirical magazine, the Charlie Hebdo, which publishes cartoons making fun of Muhammad among countless...
Odds and ends– blog redesign/freeze peaches for sale
So, two things to mention here. First, hey look! New blog design. I’ve been wanting to change it for quite...
When doxing is okay
Doxing (from dox, abbreviation of documents), alternatively spelled doxxing, is the Internet-based practice of researching and broadcasting personally identifiable information...
The saga of learning a new craft
Update: I’m now selling freeze peaches at my Etsy store: https://www.etsy.com/shop/Rillion I haven’t been writing much lately, I know. That’s due...
How I know this isn’t about freedom of speech
So, you want me to explain how I can tell that your Facebook page entitled “Should Miri Mogilevsky be murdered?”...
“Governor brings religion into the public sphere”
KS governor Sam Brownback. Photo credit: Brent Wistrom, The Wichita Eagle Fearing terms is odd. But in terms of terms...
Freezepeaching the WBC
Stephanie Zvan at Almost Diamonds came up with an excellent t-shirt idea: an image of a peach, half-frozen in a...
Memo to Tony Perkins
You do not get to operate a hate group without being called a hate group. Sorry. Yes, when your group...
Priorities
A couple of months ago I wrote about different categories I fit in, ideologically and politically. I was tempted to...