Remember how scary the House of Representatives’ Christmas Resolution was?  It’s nothing compared to H.R. 888–the American Religious History Week Bill–which ignores actual historical facts to promote a particular brand of Christian mythical history.  Check out this point by point refutation of the historical half-truths contained in the bill.  I’m too tired to post details, [...]

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My husband loved American Gladiators growing up & now that it’s on again, we, of course, TiVo’d it. I will admit my doubts, but they evaporated after the intro. It’s totally Takeshi’s Castle meets Ninja Warrior with a media frenzy that only the US can provide. The jist of it is thus: 12 Gladiators (6 [...]

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Two quotes I’d like to start with. The first comes from my new cause, Eat, Pray, Love: My sister is nota religious person. Nobody in my family really is. (I’ve taken to calling myself the “white sheep” of the family.) My spiritual investigations interest my sister mostly from a point of intellectual curiosity. [...] Here’s [...]

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