Greenspan’s Last Day on the Job

Alan Greenspan will complete his work today as the Federal Reserve Chairman.

If God Is For [the Seahawks], Who Can Be Against [the Seahawks]?

[That's from the New Revised Substandard Perversion] Terry Bradshaw, after living a full life, died. When he got to heaven, God was showing him around. They came to a modest little house with a faded Steelers flag in the window. “This house is yours for eternity, Terry.” said God. “This is very special; not everyone [...]

Define “Religious”

“Americans–at least American Protestants–are not, in fact, very religious. True, the great majority believes in God. Most say that religion is important to their lives. Compared with citizens of other highly industrialized countries, American Protestants go to church with astonishing regularity. Nonetheless, if being religious means an understanding of creed, a confessional loyalty that clearly [...]

Organ Donation

Do you have an organ donation sticker on your driver’s license? I do not, but I have never really been opposed to someone doing such a thing. This past week, I have had to think more about the issue after reading the following excerpts from books I have read for classes. First… “As part of [...]

“Various Backward Parts of the World”

Ah, that subtle, insidious racism. Atheism is far from dying. Quite the contrary: If anything, it is bound to grow as the stigma attached to atheism is challenged by scientists, journalists and philosophers [that's a fine group!]. In the industrialized world the trend has been toward secularism for 250 years, though admittedly it has made [...]

A Theory of Poetics

I am fully aware that by posting this, it will make me look even more defensive than I already looked. That’s fine. Please try to take this at face value. My posts and conversation generated by those posts has caused me to think about what makes for good poetry. The American Idol experience seems to [...]

Waste of Time

I know this is going to come across as defensive, but take it as annoyance instead. I really dislike drive-by commenting. I repent in dust and ashes if I have ever done it. If you’re going to come by and make strong comments about a post, at least check back to continue the discussion. You [...]

I Know Better

“However rude it may be these days to say so, there are some moral truths that we all really know–truths which a normal human being is unable not to know. They are a universal possession, an emblem of rational mind, an heirloom of the family of man. That doesn’t mean that we know them with [...]

Hemmed and Hawed?

This story reports that President Bush did just that–hemmed and hawed–when asked about the movie, Brokeback Mountain. I may not be an expert on hemming or hawing, but based on the report, it sounds like Bush simply answered the question…eventually.

Seahawks? Super Bowl?

Those three words have never before been used in the same sentence without numerous negatives. Shock and awe… [Here is an excellent breakdown of the two teams.] Timotheos