Reading Time: 4 minutes Years ago, I was taking a perfectly respectable leak in a public toilet when I suddenly became aware that someone was standing close behind me, looking over my shoulder. When I turned to see who the willy-watcher was I saw a member of the Greater Manchester police staring down at my business. In mid-stream, I […]
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Scooby-Doo, where are you? Our kids need you more than ever
Reading Time: 3 minutes As a child of the late 80s and early 90s, Saturday morning was a sacred time. Looney Tunes, Tom & Jerry, and Scooby-Doo dominated my morning. I filled my mind with useless jokes and colorful fun as Captain Crunch destroyed the roof of my mouth. My father called it the “boob tube,” and was utterly […]
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Parenting a precocious child
Reading Time: 3 minutes She was savvy even as a toddler, with apt facial expressions to match—the knitted brow, narrowed eyes, faraway gaze, puckish grin, chin in hand. When she was three, I asked her to her face if she was the Buddha. She demurred. And so it went through years of parenting a socially astute, logically shrewd child. […]
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What Earth Day means to a climate scientist
Reading Time: 3 minutes On the 52nd anniversary of Earth Day, we asked a climate scientist what we need to do to save our world. Here’s what she said.
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Tolerating the hypocrites: religious exemptions and the problem of belief
Reading Time: 3 minutes Americans are skeptical of religious exemptions to COVID-19 vaccination rules. According to a recent Pew survey, two-thirds of Americans suspect that those who claim a religious exemption are “just using religion as an excuse to avoid the vaccine.” But let’s be cautious in judging other people. It is difficult to judge the sincerity of our own beliefs. […]
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Former pastors claim threats from Hillsong founder
Reading Time: 4 minutes Eastern European husband and wife church leaders Vera and Zhenya Kasevich, now living in the US, spoke out for the first time this week about the manner in which they were forced to hand over their Kyiv and Moscow churches, plus all their assets, to Hillsong megachurch founder Brian Houston. According to this report, the […]
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BREAKING: Will Smith resigned from all royal titles
Reading Time: 2 minutes Actor Will Smith resigned from all royal titles earlier today. No longer will the man who starred in such epic movies as King Richard, Independence Day, and Bad Boys be official Hollywood royalty. William Carroll Smith was born to commoners on September 25, 1968, in Philadelphia. His mother was a school administrator. His father was […]
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Stupid arguments Christians should avoid: You can’t judge God
Reading Time: 2 minutes More stupid arguments! This time: “Well; aren’t you arrogant! Who are you to judge God?”
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Most Americans say ‘religious objections’ to COVID vaccines are insincere
Reading Time: 2 minutes Most Americans believe that people who cite “religious objections” to getting a COVID vaccine are full of shit. That’s one of the major takeaways from a new Pew Research Center survey out today. Sixty-seven percent of US adults believe people who cite their faith as a reason to avoid a COVID-19 vaccine “are just using […]
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Entertainer or expert? Who knows anymore?
Reading Time: 3 minutes I’ve been around, and seen some stuff. Lots in fact. Some people even seem to want my opinion. Sometimes even my advice. Frankly, it scares the hell out of me. As my social media presence grew and continues to grow, I get asked a lot of questions about all sorts of stuff. And there are […]