Posted in Uncategorized on May 26th, 2009
I was all set to make a “finally, a Catholic on the Supreme Court!” joke. And then I got a memo from the fact-checking department pointing out that we don’t really know for sure what religion Sonia Sotomayor is. It turns out the there’s a lot of evidence both ways: yes: “Sotomayor” sounds like a [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on May 8th, 2009
You’d think Congress would have their hands full, with all the things they’re working on like using tax dollars to build unnecessary remote airports named after themselves, debating whether a method for choosing teams to play in football bowl games is “communism,” outlawing yard sales, propping up failing newspapers, and censoring “hostility” on the internet. [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Apr 28th, 2009
US News and World Report has put together a special feature on the “10 Most Important Obama Faith Moments.” Of course they picked stupid ones like “Having Rick Warren pray at the inauguration” and “Luring Tony Dungy away from football to join the Faith Advisory Council” and “Smearing holy dirt on Joe Biden’s forehead.” Bo-ring! [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Apr 9th, 2009
Over the past year, I have encountered a number of “non-religious” types who were not only avid supporters of Barack Obama, but who also insisted that he was a “closet atheist”. Although all evidence points to the contrary, they offered a number of plausible reasons like I like him, so he’s got to be sitting [...]
