Regarding Richard Mourdock’s “rape babies are a gift from God” comment… It’s fun to see people all over the internet […]
politics, psychology
$75k happy
This is a bit old, but I just came across it– an article in Time reports on a study which […]
politics
Political dietary supplement
Joe Biden seen here impersonating the debate’s audience. Been watching the presidential and vice-presidential debates? Yes? What’s wrong with you? Just […]
politics, religion
Thinking cautiously on political affiliation and identity
If you had to vote for one of two hypothetical candidates for president, and one was a liberal Christian and […]
politics
Not a shocker
I’ve taken the ISideWith quiz before with similar results, but that time I basically zipped through it and this time […]
ethics, politics, religion, skepticism
International Blasphemy Rights Day
https://www.facebook.com/events/440034722701608/ Blasphemy. Noun: The act or offense of speaking sacrilegiously about God or sacred things; profane talk. In other words, […]
politics, psychology
Ew, gross, ban that
Recently I finished listening to Jesse Bering’s book Why is the Penis Shaped Like That? And Other Reflections on Being […]
LGBT, politics
Equal opportunity flirt-slaying
I received an email this morning from Change.org: “Yeah, I killed him, but he did worse to me.” In 1997, a […]
food, politics
Quote of the day
From Jason Foscolo’s blog Food Law: At the NYT, Bittman evokes Mrs. Lovejoy in his support of the Bloomberg Soda […]
LGBT, politics, religion
Pastors come up with creative ways to express how unequal gays are
Now, I’m sure that pastors denouncing homosexuality from the pulpit isn’t a new thing. It’s impossible to know how often […]