Religious Freedom Restoration
2015-04-06 – Liberals have gotten their knickers in a bunch over Religious Freedom Restoration Acts (RFRAs) in Indiana and Arkansas, saying that they would be used to smack down LGBT […]
Tag Archives: Religion
In Every Generation—Shit Happens
2015-04-05 – I was doing last minute preparations for the Passover Seder Friday when I did a “final” count of the expected guests and was shocked that the original 20 […]
In Egypt, Pharaoh was God
2015-04-02 – Tomorrow night we celebrate the 3,300th anniversary of the first religious freedom restoration act (give or take two or three hundred years). According to the biblical book of […]
I, Too, Came to Like Country Music
2015-03-31 – When I read about Ted Cruz’s conversion to country music, I thought: “Hey! Me too!” I can’t date my conversion to 9/11, like he did, but my change of […]
I’m Jewish, She’s Not
2015-03-24 – Sunday’s post (Piety Porn) earned me a private request to write about interfaith marriage. That was because I mentioned that I am Jewish and my wife is not. […]
Piety Porn
2015-03-22 – I grew up in a Conservative Jewish family. Conservative, not Orthodox. We had a kosher home, we observed all the holidays, we went to the synagogue on the […]
Optimism About Nihilism
2015-03-17 – The snow is nearly gone, but the filth of winter emerges in the melt. A season’s worth of soot-from-the-air and pebbles-from-the-disintegrating-street. This is not poetry. This is my […]
Benjamin Netanyahu Thinks He’s Queen Esther
2015-03-03 – Tomorrow is the Jewish holiday of Purim. Today, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel is speaking to Congress playing the role of Queen Esther. If you don’t know […]
Scape Goats Are Existential Analgesics
2015-02-09 – I can’t believe it, sometimes, how unpleasant pain is. This was brought home to me very vividly today when I was out walking Lefty. The walks are very […]
Hate the Sin, Love the Sinner . . . or Vice Versa? . . . Er, Whatever
2015-01-25 – Tuesday I wrote about creationism versus evolution. But I had an interesting reaction from a couple of my friends—Amy and John. They seemed to think that I was […]
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