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Is “grit” racist?
“We desperately need a war on Christmas lies.”
My second audition file. The sound quality isn’t perfect, but I adjudged not bad enough to prevent posting here.
TRANSCRIPT
December 2014 saw a splash of anti-Christian pieces in the media.
There was Kurt Eichenwald’s January 2 Newsweek cover story, which I need not respond to; an adequate response has already been made by Albert Mohler, M-O-H-L-E-R.
There is Steve Siebold’s December 24 HuffPost article, entitled, “Don’t Just Question the 10 Commandments; Question the Entire Bible.” I may respond to that at a later date.
And then there was Jeffrey Tayler’s December 22 Salon.com piece, entitled, “Let’s Make Bill O’Reilly’s Head Explode: We Desperately Need a War on Christmas Lies;” to which I will respond now.
Continue reading “We desperately need a war on Christmas lies.”
Bring back Saturnalia?
Saturday, I mean to publish a response to a recent Salon.com piece by Jeffrey Tayler disparaging Christmas.
In preparing that, I had to research Saturnalia, the ancient pagan festival that Christmas was meant to replace.
From my reading of the Wikipedia article, there’s a lot to be said for it.
Maybe we should bring it back!
Originally posted 2015-01-14.
The emperor’s new clothes: False prophecy in the news
Here is my first audition file. The sound quality and performance aren’t the best, but I’ve chosen to post it anyway given the weight of the subject matter.
I need to show that I can speak off the cuff about current events, and an opportunity to do so came in the controversy over recent tweets by Maria Chappelle-Nadal.
A transcript appears below.
Continue reading The emperor’s new clothes: False prophecy in the news
Salon headlines
The entry below for December 30, 2015 was the last straw, moving me to “out” this information as a post.
For some months, I have made a good faith effort to note every headline my Yahoo! News feed captured from Salon.com that touched on religion.
Salon.com holds itself forth as, in effect, the voice of progressivism.
The headlines themselves display a pronounced bias on the topic of religion. Not all, but almost all, are hostile.
Not skeptical. Not indifferent. Not equanimous.
Hostile.
I am struck that this posture cannot possibly be intellectually honest.
* Psychopaths’ Brains Don’t Grasp Punishment
* Is “grit” racist?
* “We desperately need a war on Christmas lies.”
My second audition file. The sound quality isn’t perfect, but I adjudged not bad enough to prevent posting here.
TRANSCRIPT
December 2014 saw a splash of anti-Christian pieces in the media.
There was Kurt Eichenwald’s January 2 Newsweek cover story, which I need not respond to; an adequate response has already been made by Albert Mohler, M-O-H-L-E-R.
There is Steve Siebold’s December 24 HuffPost article, entitled, “Don’t Just Question the 10 Commandments; Question the Entire Bible.” I may respond to that at a later date.
And then there was Jeffrey Tayler’s December 22 Salon.com piece, entitled, “Let’s Make Bill O’Reilly’s Head Explode: We Desperately Need a War on Christmas Lies;” to which I will respond now.
Continue reading * “We desperately need a war on Christmas lies.”
* Bring back Saturnalia?
Saturday, I mean to publish a response to a recent Salon.com piece by Jeffrey Tayler disparaging Christmas.
In preparing that, I had to research Saturnalia, the ancient pagan festival that Christmas was meant to replace.
From my reading of the Wikipedia article, there’s a lot to be said for it.
Maybe we should bring it back!
Reblogged 2020-11-05.
