Go to the Duke website and what do you get on the front page but two large images of black females and a third image of a woman of Asian descent. Just a coincidence? Hey, while you’re at it, why…
A leading cardinal has stated that condoms are “a lesser evil” than AIDS, thereby going against church doctrine. I know it’s a big job to reform Islam, but can someone spend some time on the Vatican?
CNN said yesterday that when President Hu got heckled on the White House lawn, the Chinese censored its international edition so no one in China saw the incident. And of course Islam is in the stone age because they don’t…
The newly-discovered Gospel of Judas is exciting for all kinds of reasons. First off, it shows how flimsy doctrine is. If Judas is a good guy, then all the teaching is out the window, and the official interpreters have to…
I’m developing sudden sympathy for Rumsfeld. When Richard Holbrooke comes out for his resignation, as he did on Hardball tonight, it means the conventional wisdom has completely come around to that position. Rummy must go. Holbrooke is the biggest wind-sniffer…
When I went into my Muriel Spark phase a few months back, I soon learned that she had had a relationship with The New Yorker. But none of the books that promote the New Yorker mythology even mentions her. You…
I’m in a state of grief, gratitude and excitement over Muriel Spark’s death. This reflects the fact that I only really discovered her for myself six months back. Yes, I had read The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie some time…
This morning on Meet the Press, Tim Russert had a table of religious experts and at the end said they just had enough time for each of them to give a twenty second message for people on Easter. Well, then…
Listen, I despise George Bush as much as you do. I think he should be impeached for incompetence & his contempt for the consequences of his actions in Iraq is evil… And yet—I confess I always like him, in spite…