Category Archives: The god problem

Holy Creche! This is a pew too far

From Harper’s Weekly Review: In California, a pastor fought off a knife-wielding man who broke into his church; and in Iowa, a pastor added to his nativity scene a cardboard cutout of King Herod attempting to kill baby Jesus. No, … Continue reading →

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Elon mishegas for your Thanksgiving pleasure

Harper’s Weekly Review provides: Elon Musk, who tanked the value of the social media platform he renamed “X” by at least 71% in just one year of owning it, challenged Putin to “single combat” to end the war in Ukraine, … Continue reading →

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And then there was light! (When was that? Where?)

Here I am, once again bearing a torch against despair. There are some realities that might lighten your mood or shift it into resistence (a lot better than despair), one of which is Lawrence Tribe’s talk with Ali Velshi on … Continue reading →

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