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Social and Political critique on a near daily basis. And the less frequent grumblings of two generations of curmudgeon.
2016-03-19 18:53
In all these cases, the real villains are governments that believe, with ample justification, that they can do what they want to whomever they want, whenever they want. Governments don't… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
The Dancing Pigeons, Ritalin (Valium too):Kasabian, Vlad the Impaler (full song here):Robots in Disguise again, La Nuit: Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
What did the Guardian editors do when they were hiring woman writers? They thought of a man, then took away reason and accountability:... It's time to get the point, Lynne. The Hill ain't ev… Read More
2010-07-22 15:52
Just taking a little break from my, well, break to draw your attention to this:St. Peter’s Anglican Church has long been known as an open and inclusive place. So open, it seems, th… Read More
2010-07-05 00:19
Much of modern Christianity seems to be very world-affirming. Popular preachers often recommend religion as though it were some sort of pharmaceutical preparation designed to produce health… Read More
2010-06-29 00:52
Best video summary of the G20 thus far:*And everybody's getting in on the act! Read More
2010-06-25 00:59
I did this one, like, a year ago, but couldn't be bothered finishing it. Listening to it yesterday, I thought: ending-shmending!EMG and EMG discuss the etymology of the word 'shitloads'. (Cl… Read More
2010-06-18 16:48
You'll have noticed how often I'm irate at the left's attempts to construe differences of political degree as differences of political kind. Put this way, I'm struck by how incredibly fuckin… Read More
2010-06-04 17:42
Why does Hashem make us feel the questions if he's not going to give us any answers? - Larry GopnikWe can distinguish between a craving for chocolate, say, and a craving for bread. A craving… Read More
2010-06-02 21:32
I have been to Gaza once, long ago, and can confirm that it is pretty grim, and no doubt has grown much worse since. I think the idea that a blockade will persuade the Gazans to throw out… Read More
2010-06-02 19:55
It's an oft-repeated truism in ethics: "Good facts are essential for good ethics." So surely we need the facts about an issue as ethically fraught as abortion. Yet not only do we not have… Read More
2010-06-02 15:06
The inimitable Kate Beaton kicks ass once, sometimes twice a week chez Hark! a vagrant. You should be visiting if you aren't already Read More
2010-05-31 19:31
The middle class is fast being taken over by a generation so trivial, ignorant, incoherent and self-regarding they make the hippies look like sophisticates.Unity holds no allure for Maya… Read More
2010-05-19 20:40
I wont talk about the war neither. I was supposed to be a war hero and I lost a whole squad of men. Got decorated for it. They died and I got a medal. I dont even need to know what you thi… Read More
2010-05-17 20:19
On something rather tackily called Premier Christian Radio, Peter Hitchens discusses the subject of his new book, The Rage Against God, with one Adam Rutherford (a Guardian contributor, amon… Read More
2010-05-14 13:42
An event that has always gone almost completely unreported-- and which had nearly identical attendance numbers last year--all of a sudden finds itself being reported in the most unlikely pla… Read More
2010-05-13 14:18
Don Martin loves gobbling up horse-shit and, man, he's fed himself to the teeth today:For mainstream voters eyeing Stephen Harper amid the faltering fortunes of the federal Liberals, The… Read More
2010-04-21 18:30
The Church of Pascal's Wager suspects it's going to lose the bet:The Anglican Church of Canada is inviting corporate sponsorship of its national convention this year, selling space for bra… Read More
2010-04-14 17:58
Jay Stone writes an unbelievably lazy piece in the Post's "Arts" section today:In the new movie Kick-Ass, a young actor named Chloe Moretz, who is 13, dresses up as a superheroine named Hi… Read More
2010-04-07 21:59
Two sources:1) The corks from champagne bottles in every office of 'Big Tobacco' the world over.2) The heads of thousands of anti-tobacco lobbyists.Gentlemen, you may smoke.Smoking kills… Read More
2010-04-06 16:45
Hey, Paul Schneidereit, does the Chronicle Herald really pay you to think this way?When you believe, absolutely, that God is on your side, and those who criticize you are inspired by the de… Read More
2010-04-01 14:11
Dan Gardner's been doing some outstanding, if lonely, work on the demographic decline file and is well worth the read on this (here, here, here, and here).What he has yet to acknowledge--sho… Read More
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