Heard of Rev. Sun Myung Moon? Right-wing media financier, charismatic religious leader, messiah…ok, so he’s probably not that last one. Though, of course, he claims to be. He also sponsors a “tear down the cross” campaign, urging Christian churches to remove crosses from their churches because Christ has failed and Moon is the second coming.
Did […]

Does this actually sound like a good idea to anyone? I didn’t think so.

Gays use the Internet.
Film at 11.

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Good Intentions Corrupted: The Oil for Food Scandal And the Threat to the U.N.
by Mark Califano and Jeffrey Meyer
After reading this book, it’s hard to imagine what it’s like to read the entire Independent Inquiry Committee report. This book is fairly brief summary of the findings of the U.N.’s independent investigation into the oil-for-food scandal. […]

I’m not an activist. I readily admit this. So, this may not carry much weight, but in any case: this is pointless. Can anyone actually give me an example of war that was stopped by protests? Don’t tell me Vietnam; people hated the protesters more than the damn war. I suspect the same thing is […]

Random fact 1:
Whatever part of the brain we use to gage a person’s age based on outward appearance is completely broken for me. Anyone from my age to mid-30s is in a broad “older than me” category. Beats me.
Random fact 2:
Norway has declared iTunes illegal. That seems silly.
Random fact 3:
This is, as Wulfgar would say, […]

How could it all go so wrong:
The military regime in Burma is intent on wiping out Christianity in the country, according to claims in a secret document believed to have been leaked from a government ministry. Entitled “Programme to destroy the Christian religion in Burma”, the incendiary memo contains point by point instructions on how […]

It’s the anniversary of Roe v. Wade, so today is blog for choice day. I thought I’d explain why I’m pro-choice.
Actually, I’m going to explain why I don’t believe abortion is immoral, first.
I believe people are valuable because of their individual cognitive abilities. Anything with the capacity for such abilities has moral value and it […]

Every year the Buffalo Beast does this and it’s hilarious. Fifty most loathsome people in America for 2006:
40. Alex Jones
Charges: A blustery schizoid moron who makes everyone near him look like an ass just for not punching him when they have the chance. False prophet of the lunatic fringe’s lunatic fringe, Jones has crafted […]

So, I was watching the Saints - Eagles game last Saturday. During the course of the game they showed a shot of a crowd member wearing an obscene t-shirt. I remember thinking, did that really say “Fuck da Eagles?” It was on screen for no more than a second, if that, and I wasn’t sure […]