Monthly Archives: January 2012

Toeing the Line

The Huffington Post (I know, I know) dredges up this 2002 article by the gift-of-God-to-Obama better known as Santorum, and, yes, it’s worth reading, particularly this: Like most American Catholics, I have followed the recent sex scandals in the Church … Continue reading

Posted in politics, Religion | Tagged , , , | 6 Comments

Monks, Fighting

Via the Daily Record: The annual cleaning of one of Christianity’s holiest churches deteriorated into a brawl between rival clergy today. Dozens of monks battling over sacred space at the Church of the Nativity fought each other with brooms until … Continue reading

Posted in culture, Religion | Tagged , | 2 Comments

Spitting on Children

More grotesque religious fanaticism in the Middle East. AP reports: (AP) BEIT SHEMESH, Israel – A shy 8-year-old schoolgirl has unwittingly found herself on the front line of Israel’s latest religious war. Naama Margolese is a ponytailed, bespectacled second-grader who … Continue reading

Posted in culture, politics | Tagged , | 3 Comments

Happy New Year!

2012… And that’s 2012 AD. The substitution of BC and AD with BCE and CE has to be one of the more pointless examples of the language laundering that scars our, uh, era.

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged | 8 Comments