Thomas Paine. You should know who he is, but if you don’t, Wikipedia is your friend. Here’s a quote about the Christian doctrine of redemption, from The Age of Reason, his final book and the one that destroyed his reputation for good:
Since, then, no external evidence can, at this long distance of time, be produced […]

I swear to…whatever atheists swear to that Arch Enemy stole a Coldplay melody in one of the songs on Rise of the Tyrant.
Sadly, that’s the most interesting thing Arch Enemy have done since Wages of Sin.

There’s apparently a SOTU address tonight. Right now, even. I’m tempted to watch it, just because it’s the last one Bush is going to give. Even that’s not enough, though. What’s he going to do in a year? Actually, I shouldn’t say that. He’ll do something insane and prove me wrong.
I’m not sure what […]

Hunter endorses Huckabee, conservatives are bewildered.
I don’t really care who wins the Republican nomination at this point. It’s just fun to watch. The blogs hate Huckabee and McCain, Romney is an obvious panderer, Guiliani is sinking fast, and Thompson already sank. It’s a train wreck. It would be disheartening if the Republican party actually […]

Just three years late, I’m finally starting to watch Lost on DVD. While I have nothing more substantive to say than I like it so far, a couple of peripheral things amuse me. The opening “title” on the season 1 DVD looks like a second rate comp sci graphics course project. Also, the designer of […]

Unless Jesus was nailed to a u-shaped cross, I’m not seeing it.
I’m going to go with a referee signaling a touchdown.

Mark’s been commenting a lot on New Hampshire’s primary and resulting oddities with Diebold voting machines. I’ve been too busy to pay that much attention, but it’s pretty clear there’s a difference in voting patterns correlated with the county using or not using Diebold machines, despite widely varying numbers on that score. The recount is […]

I must say, the folks getting the vapors over Jay’s quote from The Onion is pretty funny. I suppose for curse words to have any meaning there has to be someone getting offended by them, but I always find it jarring when those people express their displeasure.

Not long ago I thought to myself, “you know, I’ve never worked 60 hours in a week before.” Who knew I was setting a goal?
In other news, Guiliani is a complete idiot. If you didn’t know that already.
Plus, I must say, this Obama is a Muslim thing seems to be more popular than I thought. […]

Pat Robertson is making predictions again:
Christian broadcaster Pat Robertson, who has made predicting the future an annual tradition, predicts a recession and a major stock market upheaval are on their way for the United States.
Aside from a recession this year, Robertson suggested Wednesday that Americans will be paying much more for gas at the pump […]