“But I can’t take what is an article of faith for me and legislate it or someone who doesn’t share that article of faith, whether they be agnostic, atheist, Jew, Protestant, whatever. I can’t do that.” Not much mystery as…
Booklet That Upset Mrs. Cheney Is History
The Department of Education destroyed 300,000 parent guides on “How to Help Your Child Learn History” because Mrs. Cheney didn’t like a reference to one of her pet peeves. Big Sister, anyone? Published on Friday, October 8, 2004 by the…
Buzzword of the Day: Forensic Theology
The use of theology as an intelligence tool to authenticate terrorist documents, identify perpetrators and pinpoint groups that are the greatest threats. Buzzword of the Day
Medical Information Related to the Salem Witch Trials
Edit: I meant to post this to nonfluffypagans but I might as well leave it here now. The following post was on the Net-Gold mailing list today—a great source for finding reference materials for any subject. In any case, I…
Where Do You Stand?
World’s Smallest Political Quiz Posted because shadowkatt wanted to see it, so I figured others might, too. EDIT: I meant to mention that the questions are, in my opinion, rather slanted. I’d like to see a more balanced version of…
Public School Teachers Send Their Kids to Private Schools
No one knows the conditions and quality of U.S. government schools better than those who teach in them. And public-school teachers are putting their kids in private schools at rates far higher than the general public, according to a new…
Buzzword of the Day: Affluenza
Affluenza: The affliction of being too focused on buying material things, working too much (and still not having enough money) and stressing out about all of it. From http://www.buzzwhack.com As in “My family of origin suffers from affluenza.”
A Real Answer to #2
On the 20 questions meme, I couldn’t think of any real answer to #2 ’til allessindra‘s answer jogged my memory. I learned to play the ukulele in the second grade. The whole class did, and we even had a concert.…
Ritual Resource
I was searching for a version of Sweet Honey in the Rock’s recording of “On Children” for a friend, and came across this site: Ritualwell.org—Ceremonies for Jewish Living I find it very interesting, despite not being Jewish. There is far…
Aisle Be Damned
By Gene Weingarten I think we can all agree with our president that gay marriage is a grave threat to America, because if it weren’t, our president would not have this issue to flog and might lose the election, and…