Category Archives: Culture War

I Called It! I’m So Sad…

Posted on Friday, August 7, 2009 by Keith

This makes sense and that is the problem: Incredibly, President George W. Bush told French President Jacques Chirac in early 2003 that Iraq must be invaded to thwart Gog and Magog, the Bible’s satanic agents of the Apocalypse. Honest. This … Continue reading →

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What Books Would Jesus Burn?

Posted on Monday, June 15, 2009 by Keith

Guardian UK: In a scene which appears to have been lifted straight out of Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451, a group of Christians in Wisconsin has launched a legal claim demanding the right to publicly burn a copy of a book … Continue reading →

Posted in Banned!, Books, Culture War, LGBT Rights, Religion | 5 Comments

New Hampshire Legalizes Gay Marriage!

Posted on Thursday, June 4, 2009 by Keith

And for real, not like California’s implicit, we’ll-have-to-go-the-whole-way-eventually-but-not-today kinda way. New Hampshire did it right and just laid it all out there, joining such bastions of saniy and modern living as Ohio Iowa* and the Sims 3 game. That’s right, … Continue reading →

Posted in Culture War, LGBT Rights, Social Justice, That from a long way off look like flies, What Are Conservatives Smoking? | 3 Comments

California Legalizes Gay Marriage!

Posted on Tuesday, May 26, 2009 by Keith

As John Scalzi points out, the California Supreme court’s decision today, recognizing Prop 8 as legit, effectively legalized gay marriage. All Prop 8 does now is put a (temporary) cap on the number of gay marriages that the state can … Continue reading →

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4/5 of Freedom Is Not Enough

Posted on Wednesday, November 5, 2008 by Keith

Last night, we went 4/5 of the way to getting back on track as a country. We elected a Democratic President (who has received more votes than any president before him) and several Democratic congress folk and governors. But we … Continue reading →

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Clap Louder, You Swine!

Posted on Friday, October 17, 2008 by Keith

Daniel over at Crooked Timber has a nice little post on the financial crisis and how, contrary to popular opinion, it wasn’t the result of stupid bankers banking stupidly, but from far more complex issues, as financial problems tend to … Continue reading →

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Welcome to the Desert of the Real, Chris

Posted on Tuesday, October 14, 2008 by Keith

Christopher Buckley, son of William F., founder of the Neocon Rag, the National Review, has “resigned” over the snarling rancour caused by his Obama endorsement: As for the mail flooding into National Review Online—that’s been running about, oh, 700-to-1 against. … Continue reading →

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Real Wealth Can’t Be Sold on Wall Street

Posted on Monday, September 22, 2008 by Keith

Douglas Rushkoff on the economic fuffallah and why it might not be as bad as all that: All this means is that you can’t count on capitalism anymore. Your wealth is not how many paper assets you have. It’s not … Continue reading →

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BSG: Telling It From The Mountain

Posted on Monday, May 5, 2008 by Keith

So, I was reading Pandagon yesterday when I discovered that some really weird folk think Battlestar Galactica is secretly a Mormon recruitment tool[1]. Their evidence? The show makes use of religious imagery and mythology. Which is pretty week as arguments … Continue reading →

Posted in Battlestar Galactica, Books, Comics, Culture War, Geek, Politics, Religion, Television | 3 Comments

Happy Darwin Day!

Posted on Tuesday, February 12, 2008 by Keith

On this day, 199 years ago, one of the most important humans ever to crawl from the primordial slime was born: Charles Darwin. 149 years ago, the culture wars began, with the publication of one of the greatest books ever … Continue reading →

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