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Mired in an ugly cosmos, the incumbent Supreme Power of the Universe has recently lost 8% of “His” support in the United States of America, according to a new Harris poll.  Harris shows that 42% of American adults are no longer absolutely certain that God exists, up from 34% who expressed doubt 3 years ago. Among the various religious groups, 76 percent of Protestants, 64 percent of Catholics and 30

After only hearing what Kerry said at the rally once, I was willing to refrain from dismissing his excuse out of hand.  Now that I’ve seen the video, I’m convinced that he was telling the truth about it being a “joke” that he screwed up.  The point here, though, is…..so what?  It doesn’t make him any less of a despicable human being.  So in this one instance he wasn’t denigrating

A Not-So-Swiftboat Allah has this headline: Video: Mary Katharine Ham slams John Kerry on Fox I think on balance I’m more grossed out by the idea than turned on.  But honestly, I can’t help but be turned on a little, too.

If, for some reason, you’ve been distracted by other chores and find yourself without a candy stash on Halloween, it is best just to turn out your porch light and pretend you aren’t home.  Because handing out to today’s savvy trick or treater individual cheese cubes or that copy of Strunk and White’s Elements of Style you stole from the English Department’s storage closet?  Turns out to be not such

The ongoing debate on torture has been often been characterized by an intensity of passion entirely appropriate to such an ethically precarious subject.  In the midst of this discussion, there have been a few, arguably well-intentioned, rhetorical over-extensions that are worth exploring in some more detail.  In particular, the question of whether or not any given kind of torture is morally or ethically equivalent to any other given form of

“I’m sorry . . . did I say Genghis Khan?  I may have meant Kublai Khan.  Or maybe Chaka Khan.  Or maybe, you know, that guy that Ricardo Montalban played.  I can’t tell you for certain.  We were all doing a lot of that Thai stick that the Special Forces guys gave us when we took them into Cambodia.  Christmas, 1968.  Or was it 1972?  I don’t know, Senator, but

***update: Kerry to speak at 2pm press conference…I expect nothing less than full-throated indignance, condescension, and blame avoidance…great news for the GOP… That’s what I call must-see TV.  Oh, it’s more than just mild.  You’re rolling in it now. Poor Johnny.  So misunderstood.  I think he needs a little Loven. And now a word from our brave men and women in uniform: hanoi john, the gift that keeps on giving.