September 22, 2012 – 6:48 am
How many times in the last week have we heard that the “U.S. rejects “all efforts to denigrate the religious beliefs of others— and that the Obama admin and State Dept. “absolutely reject its content and message†when it comes to the video being used as a scapegoat for the Islamist violence and protests which […]
April 2, 2011 – 7:45 am
The NY Times call these “deadly protests.” Sounds more like a riot to me Violent protests over the burning of a Koran in Florida flared for a second straight day, with young men rampaging through the streets of this southern capital, flying Taliban flags and wielding sticks. Eight people were killed and 61 injured in […]
November 17, 2010 – 9:36 am
A shocking revelation from the trial of Brian David Mitchell, the kidnapper and raper of Elizabeth Smart. Let’s start with some idiocy from CNN, first, though Maybe Elizabeth Smart wouldn’t have spent “nine months in hell” if her mother hadn’t burned the potatoes. Maybe she wouldn’t have been stolen in the night if she and […]
September 13, 2010 – 9:30 am
Someone was a busy beaver over the weekend A BRISBANE-based lawyer and atheist who videoed himself smoking what appeared to be joints made with pages from the Bible and the Koran expects to lose his job at a Queensland university. In the video, posted on YouTube, Queensland University of Technology (QUT) staffer Alex Stewart compares […]
August 24, 2010 – 7:55 am
A subject I rarely touch on, but, this is not really about abortion, as such. The setup It’s a question that has perplexed philosophers, theologians and scientists for thousands of years. Pythagorean Greeks, early Christian church fathers, Talmudic rabbis, Sunni and Shia thinkers, Hindu brahmin and modern bioethicists have grappled with the fundamental, ultimately unknowable, […]
April 28, 2009 – 4:37 pm
The game has been out for a year, yet, all of a sudden, some folks are getting offended Religious groups are calling for a ban on an online game where holy figures such as Jesus and the prophet Muhammad fight to the death. Critics say the free Faith Fighter game is ‘deeply provocative’ and ‘disrespectful’ […]
February 23, 2009 – 7:56 am
In a letter to the editor about the beheading in Canada, Abubakar N. Kasim, Toronto, sounds like he has been listening to Mr. HopeNchange a bit too much I was shocked to hear of the murder of Aasiya Hassan and subsequent arrest of Muzzammil Hassan, both of whom were involved in the establishment of Bridges […]
February 19, 2009 – 8:56 am
Glad to see there is some sanity out there in our public schools Two seniors at Gateway High School in Monroeville said they’ll meet with administrators today after they were told they could no longer wear their traditional Arab head scarves because it was “disruptive” to class. Mohammad Al-Abbasi, 18, and Ahmad Al-Sadi, 17, said […]
January 7, 2009 – 8:07 am
France? Germany? Egypt? Nope The number of anti-Semitic attacks in London has risen sharply following Israel’s land assault on Gaza, Jewish community groups said today. Their leaders have compiled a dossier of attacks against Jews which will be handed to seniors officers in the Metropolitan police. The attacks include claims of: An attempt to burn […]
December 29, 2008 – 3:25 pm
Just because, even though it is Monday, you haven’t said “are you #&^**@ kidding me? In this day and age, you can buy a Bible aimed at almost any demographic imaginable. There are Bibles for everyone from toddlers to teenage girls to recovering addicts. There are even Bibles on disc, narrated by James Earl Jones and […]
