More competition for 709? August 17, 2016 I was about to link this post to the DNT story of how Duluth’s Catholic Arch Diocese is investigating the start up of a… Continue Reading
Bathroom Privileges September 28, 2015 Folks in Columbia Heights are demanding the resignation of school board member Grant Nichols. I sympathize with their irritation but disagree that having the… Continue Reading
2nd Day of Christmas C December 16, 2014 Thanks Mom. I sent out a request for graphic ideas that suggested miracles. Maybe it was my Mom who sent it to me from… Continue Reading
A sermon on bullying November 24, 2014 This takes 63 minutes to watch in full. This is why all 50 states will likely soon accept gay marriage. Its the argument that… Continue Reading
My weekend Questionnaire September 9, 2013 On Friday or Saturday I got a curious request from an unidentified person. It asked me to answer an attached questionairre and return it…. Continue Reading
Email glitches – Dammit – and pedophile priests July 3, 2013 Before sneaking back to the room I decided, on a whim, to see if the Reader Weekly had acknowledged the receipt of my column…. Continue Reading
Because God will soon destroy the world… July 1, 2013 …we will keep voting for Republicans who will do nothing to stop him. That’s my shorthand take of the unsurprising poll of Americans by… Continue Reading
Spitting on the Stripper April 16, 2013 I haven’t written anything on the blog for ten days. Its not for want of subject matter. The depredations of Boston certainly call for… Continue Reading
North Dakota’s blankety blank Republicans March 26, 2013 North Dakota’s GOP has taken the lead on fighting abortion having made it illegal from six weeks after conception. That’s one part of their… Continue Reading
Ingersoll March 1, 2013 I’ve been watching Bill Moyer’s PBS program tonight. First he interviewd a bad Texas boy who is fighting the Creationists. Second he interviewed Susan… Continue Reading
Usism January 21, 2013 I was rather surprised to bump into this blog about what is happening at the moment in Mali a huge North African nation that… Continue Reading
One aspect of Creationism has actually enhanced our scientific understanding… September 9, 2012 …of geology. Question: You have this great phrase, you say that creationists are “one of the most recently evolved species” of Christian. What do… Continue Reading
Today’s Random thought September 8, 2012 If the Jews are God’s “Chosen People” does that mean Christians are his self selected people? If so that leads to a second thought…. Continue Reading
Paul Ryan’s “come to Jesus” moment April 28, 2012 Regarding the Gospel according to Rand – Ryan renounces Rand (or denies her like Peter denied his savior) and stops handing out her scripture…. Continue Reading
An agnostic thinks about John 20:19-23 April 16, 2012 The Choir sang “Were you there” …when they crucified our Lord? yesterday. As always I sat behind the pulpit and listened to the sermon… Continue Reading
Maunday Thursday 9 PM – Pt. 1 April 5, 2012 This old agnostic went to our church’s Maundy Thursday service tonight and broke bread. Our pastor mentioned a detail about the Last Supper I’d… Continue Reading
Maunday Thursday 9 PM – Pt. 2 April 5, 2012 I’ve followed fundamental thinking with great interest since Ronald Reagan and the Moral Majority did a Vulcan Mind Meld in 1980. In those early… Continue Reading
Maunday Thursday 9 PM – Pt. 3 April 5, 2012 What puts pitchforks and torches into the hands of Republicans is Christian fundamentalism. It teaches that the Bible is inerrant. That means it makes… Continue Reading
Maunday Thursday 9 PM – Pt. 4 April 5, 2012 Having just accused the new Republicans of not being Christians I’ll make an easier claim. They are lousy defenders of democracy. I think I… Continue Reading
This is one of the Reasons the RINOs were hounded out of the GOP March 23, 2012 To prevent them, our Senator David Durenberger and a host of others included, from introducing a law like the one President Obama got passed…. Continue Reading
