A Break from Reality

 The Most Rev. Katharine Jefferts Schori, presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church has a bit of a problem with reality. She thinks that it’s possible for theological fundamentalists to compromise. Time reports on her live webcast where she says that the American church should agree to the demands issued from the meeting of church officials [...]

Bias in the Mind of the Beholder (or the biased)

Ed Brayton at Dispatches from the Culture Wars points out the conservative “answer” to Wikipedia, Conservapedia. The site is painted as an answer to Wikipedia’s bias. Of course in the minds of the founders of Conservapedia Wikipedia must be biased because it isn’t conservative. That’s the only reasoning I can see.

What Makes for the Most Prejudice?

I’ve thought that the attitude towards homosexuals that our society shows makes it seem like homophobia is the “acceptable” prejudice. A new Gallup poll on general groups and how they are viewed as presidential candidates shows another one. Of the general groups or people with certain characteristics such as Catholic, women, blacks, Jews, Mormons, men [...]

Another Page Turner Finished

I finished Proven Guilty by Jim Butcher Sunday and started Fifty Below by Kim Stanley Robinson yesterday. I’m not sure what’s next but I’m thinking of switching to a mystery or two next.

Back to a Series I Like

I finally finished The Far Side of the Stars by David Drake. I’m starting Proven Guilty by Jim Butcher, the latest of his Dresden Files series to hit paperback. I even think I already know what I’m going to read after that. It’s probably going to be Fifty Degrees Below by Kim Stanley Robinson.

Broder Gets It – Sort Of

David Broder has all too often lately seemed to not understand the mis-steps of the Bush Administration as well as I’d like, but overall is far less objectionable than others who are ideologically blinded to them. Today’s column calls them to task for their chicanery in what can only laughingly be called a budget. He [...]

Just a Touch Stubborn

Picture if you will a well dressed individual standing on a very small piece of ice floating in the middle of a body of water that stretches as far as the eye can see. He’s just saying “There’s no such thing as global warming.”. The caption is “The Arctic – 2075″.

The Morality Police Mis-Strike Again

Protecting children is important. Not exposing youngsters to porn is a good thing. But some people really need to budget some money for clue purchases. A school district and D.A. are arranging for a substitute teacher to do jail time because they claim that she was using the computer to browse for porn even though [...]

Something in Common

Wow. We have something in common with Asia after all.

Couldn’t we do more?

I almost never agree with what Robert J. Samuelson writes. But his latest column on the reality of what’s being done concerning climate change actually hits some right notes. The cap and trade systems that are proposed by the believers in the First Church of Free Market aren’t going to cut it. No current technology [...]