Category Archives: Politics / Religion

Joel Ward is not his Twitter critics

Posted on May 8, 2012 by

I had a very brief back-and-forth tonight with Greg Wyshynski from Puck Daddy, but as sometimes happens I had to come here to explain myself in a bit more detail. To clarify, my complaint is not with Greg himself or … Continue reading →


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Trayvon Martin and the myth of a post-racial America

Posted on March 29, 2012 by

The lukewarm response from many white Americans to the murder of Trayvon Martin has been upsetting – but I think it has less to do with overt racism, and more to do with white America’s reluctance to believe that racism is alive and well in America, and not just a part of our past. Continue reading →


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How about a combined ticket?

Posted on March 4, 2012 by

Romney/Santorum 2012: “Willard Mitt and Frothy Shit.” Continue reading →


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Sometimes I get to feel like I work with super heroes.

Posted on March 2, 2012 by

So a high school principal in Tennessee, Dorothy Bond, was using the PA system to preach about Jesus Christ and his sacrifice. She was holding assemblies to tell her students that gay people “weren’t on God’s path” and were “going … Continue reading →


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Conscientious Objections

Posted on February 22, 2012 by

Well, this is pretty on-the-nose. From Matt Bors:


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