Brooks Brothers Riot Thug Roger Stone: Maybe there wouldn't have been a war if I hadn't gone to Miami-Dade.', written 2 days ago, The evil genius behind the so-called Brooks Brother's Riot in Miami in 2000--the group of GOP thugs who managed to physically invade and intimidate elections officials in...

Impossible is nothing.

Your tax dollars at work, written 2 days ago, From Pro-Publica (HT: TalkingPointsMemo) The South Financial Group, South Carolina’s largest bank, announced earlier this week that it had been approved to receive $347 million from the U.S. government. But the bank’s founder and longtime CEO Mack Wh...

Pew report looks at media coverage of faith in U.S. election, written 2 days ago, The Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism and its sister organization The Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life have just released a study on the media coverage of religion in the 2008 U.S. pre...

Religion to dominate Christmas music charts, written 4 days ago, religion is tipped to top both the pop and classical charts this Christmas. The Salvation Army, the Austrian monks from the Viennese Woods and The Priests will be vying for top slots in both.

Faith in Public Life envisions a country in which diverse religious voices for justice and the common good consistently impact public policy; and those who use religion as a tool of division and exclusion do not dominate public discourse.

An online publication, and a forum for discussion, that is focused with unparalleled intensity on the rise of the Christian right as a social and political force - and on what those who are opposed to that movement can do to counter it.

Texas State School Board Should Uphold Sound Science, Reject Creationism, Says Americans United, written 4 days ago, Americans United for Separation of Church and State today urged the Texas State Board of Education to stick to sound science and reject creationist concepts when revising its science ...

Shifting the Mind into Love, written 3 days ago,

Technoccult SEO: Veteran WordPress advice from Klintron, written 2 days ago, I just did a guest post over at Justin Boland’s Pizza SEO: I’ve been blogging since the dark ages of 1999. My oldest and most popular blog is Technoccult, which I’ve been doing since 2001. My most important tips are n...

The Problem of Low Oil, High Mileage, and Going Green, written 2 days ago, Oil prices are dropping. For many, including myself, this comes as a relief. However, there are some for whom dropping oil prices pose a critical problem: American auto makers. A quick case study of Ford Motor Company helps u...

Satire. Consider it a more religious version of The Onion.

Right Wing, Culture Warriors and Trolls, written 6 days ago, I just saw that God’s Politics blog has moved off of Belief Net and back to the Sojo servers,  and I see that in their comments section,  they have the same problem I see on many many group efforts to provide some “Social Networkingâ...

Waiting for Lefty, written 2 days ago, By Jeff Sharlet Activist Frederick Clarkson asked me to contribute an afterword to his new book, Dispatches from The Religious Left. I wasn't sure I could do it, because I wasn't sure if I knew what the Religious Left is -- or if it even exists. Then I read th...

Confucianism in Hard Times, written 1 day ago, Yesterday in class I was talking about Japan in the 1990s, the persistent economic stagnation and the cultural pessimism it spawned (the pessimism is expressed in this article by Masaru Tamamoto, "The Uncertainty of the Self: Japan at Century's End...

Finding religion is a full circle approach to exploring, creating, and celebrating the best of all faiths, cultures, and religions. Explore with me the wonderful diversity, passion, love, & vision we hold as humanity intertwined in faith

matchsticks, written 3 days ago, matchsticks (a work in progress) When I picked up the box of matches, I knew something was wrong. Something was . . . different. Looking back, it was the tone of his voice. I was too excited to see him that I didn't notice the hesitation, the uneasiness. I pulled a ...

R.A. Gilbert on Rosicrucianism, written 5 days ago,

Slandered "Wiccan" Denied Rehearing, written 3 days ago, Did talk of a mother's (alleged) adherence to Wicca cause her to lose custody of her child? That is the allegation of Andrea Hicks, who said that Chicot County Circuit Judge Robert Vittitow improperly considered her religious views i...

Vacation, written 2 days ago, Yep, our family is going on vacation for the next 9 days. I may or may not be posting, but knowing me, I’ll see something and will want to pass it on. We are hoping for a great time with family building laughs and memories. Just wanted to let you know…