Category Archives: Essays
Muslim correspondent spreads misinformation
A recent op-ed published by the SF Chronicle in the wake of the upheavals in the Muslim world has inadvertently revealed a reason why we are under attack. Mustafa Malik, a “foreign correspondent” (who is not otherwise identified) was given … Continue reading
Todd Akin and St. Augustine
Todd Akin didn’t just pull his rape comment out of thin air. It’s Christian theology from the Dark Ages. Rape victims who kill themselves (or who get pregnant) must have enjoyed it. When St. Augustine heard that multitudes of Roman … Continue reading
PUSSY RIOT: Sorceress Redux
The Flight of the Sorceress tells the story of a declining empire scrambling for an ideology that will motivate a skeptical population into restoring the empire to its former greatness. Caesar choses Catholicism. Intellectualism is stifled. Women are increasingly oppressed. … Continue reading
VOTE FOR AN END TO THE DEATH PENALTY
Prop. 34, the SAFE California Act, will replace California’s death penalty with life in prison with no chance of parole. Since 1989, 292 people have been exonerated by DNA evidence — 17 involved inmates on death row. The state doesn’t … Continue reading
ROMNEY IS ASKING FOR A LOAN – WE WANT TO SEE HIS TAX RETURNS
I had to give banks two years of my tax returns just to get a refi on property that was worth way more than the loan amount. When I was in business and wanted a line of credit, I had … Continue reading
