Unqualified Offerings

By Mona
Or at least in Alabama as just ruled by that state’s highest court, one is likely to be required to sign a document agreeing one is making a “marital aid” purchase for some such reason, tho there are a few equallly lofty others. The toys may be bought from public vendors who hold them [...]

By Thoreau
I don’t quite believe that the story behind this video is true.  Yeah, I’ve seen the original documentary video that it came from, and read the Wikipedia entry, so I guess it must be true, but I still wonder if it wasn’t actually filmed with zoo animals or something, rather than a lion that  [...]

By Thoreau
In a report on Indonesia, the Economist makes the interesting point that urban Muslims in Indonesia are actually more likely to be drawn to more austere, fundamentalist versions of Islam than their rural counterparts.  The rural Muslims prefer religious practices that blend Islam with elements of Hinduism and indigenous faiths that were practiced there [...]

By Thoreau
The 9/12 marchers are crazy.  Seriously.  Your average Republican voter is certainly not crazy, but the institution believes that playing to the crazies is a good idea.
How to respond?  Reading liberal/progressive/whatever-term-those-people-prefer commentary,the rhetoric toward the right is a bit more confident, a bit less willing to tip-toe around crazies and say “If we just [...]