Speaking of Death With Dr. Stephen T. Colbert, DFA
2015-09-13 – Stephen Colbert crossed a new line in comedy on Thursday. Over the years, we’ve seen comedians cross lines about taboo speech, about race, about sex, about immigration, about […]
Tag Archives: philosophy
Nike. Nike. Nike. . . . Oh, God! Oh, God! Oooh, Gahhh!
2015-09-01 – Truth. The Duggar family had a code word to suppress sexual thoughts. Are you kidding me? I just learned this. The word was “Nike.” Are you kidding me? […]
You’re Right, I’ve Been Wrong My Entire Life
2015-07-26 – When have you ever heard these words: “You’re right, I’ve been wrong my entire life”? It doesn’t happen. Or if it does, it comes after a long and […]
You Can Barely Teach a Young Dog New Tricks!
2015-07-21 – They say you can’t teach an old dog new tricks. The assumption behind this saying is that you had no trouble at all teaching tricks to the dog […]
What Mission? Who’s Left Behind?
2015-06-21 – Another gunman has provided us with evidence of the Rapture, only it’s not exactly the Rapture that the faithful await. In case you’ve just tuned in the Rapture […]
Every Day Is Opposite Day! (No it Isn’t!)
2015-06-14 – We seem to be living a never-ending Opposite Day—you know: the time when you try to say or do the opposite of everything I say or do. I […]
Revenge Is Not Enough
2015-06-09 – The saga of the Duggar family and their wayward son comes at the intersection of at least two of my cultural blind spots. I don’t follow reality TV […]
No Trophies Just for Participating?
2015-05-03 – There’s an ecard floating around the Internet that goes like this: “I’m afraid of a world run by adults who were never spanked as kids and got trophies […]
Religion Roulette
2015-04-28 – No one follows biblical law to the letter. Everyone picks and chooses. St. Paul rejected some or all of the law of the Torah (Old Testament), depending on […]
Are Dogs As Smart as a Two-Year Old? (And Is That a Good Thing?)
2015-04-19 – While half the world believes the other half isn’t intelligent enough to be considered human, scientists are busy finding that all sorts of nonhuman critters have human-level intelligence. […]
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