Reading Time: 4 minutes IN recent weeks there’s been another furious response to the use of Muhammad cartoons – this time in an educational setting, at Batley Grammar School in Yorkshire. There is nothing new about cartoons being used as a device to poke fun at the religious. They have been a contentious source of blasphemy prosecutions and allegations […]
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Other Cultures
Reading Time: < 1 minute “Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts.” Mark Twain, The Innocents Abroad (1869)
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Where the Easter Eggs Come From
Reading Time: < 1 minute Rabbits laying eggs of chocolate for Easter. We’ve all wondered about that process and just how it works. The truth is very tragic.
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Ha! This is More Amusing than Religious
Reading Time: < 1 minute Here’s a serious philosophical Facebook page with a large funnybone. Check out the cartoons.
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Straight from the Pit of Hell
Reading Time: < 1 minute The first print collection of Blinky and Sal comics is available. If you’re like me, you know comics just feel better in book form.
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Seeing What You Want to See
Reading Time: < 1 minute Blinky and Luna recline on a tropical beach as the sun sets. Everything is beautiful and perfect. Is this kind of happiness possible in waking life?
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Neil DeGrasse Bison
Reading Time: < 1 minute Luna’s taking a break to give Neil DeGrasse Bison the chance to share some of his thoughts on the current science of the grasslands.
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So What’s Your Defense Mechanism?
Reading Time: < 1 minute Science specialist, Luna, gives the lowdown on the various defense mechanisms of the main characters of the Blinky & Sal universe.
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Thoughts and Prayers and Todd’s Plan
Reading Time: < 1 minute In the wake of tragedy, Spatsby prays to Todd Almighty for help and guidance.
The trouble is sometimes Todd works in mysterious ways.
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When Your Friends Are Even More Depressing Than You
Reading Time: < 1 minute Blinky the Bat is looking for sympathy on a dreary day from Eleanor the Narwhal.
I think we all have friends like this. We probably need each other.