A Catholic’s Eulogy for the Harvard “Black Mass” Controversy
By now, many in the Boston area and beyond are familiar with the controversy surrounding the “reenactment”…
Read Moreevil
Santorum Invoked Satan
Why are we surprised?
Read More
Santorum’s War on Satan… er, on Higher Education
Much of the hullabaloo surrounding Rick Santorum’s comment that President Obama is a “snob” for pushing college is missing the bigger picture: that Santorum is a cosmic conspiracy theorist, and higher education sits at the heart of the imagined conspiracy.
Read MoreOlympics Opening Ceremony as Satanic Ritual
The bell of evil tolls for thee.
Read More
Neither The Joker Nor Godlessness Drove Batman Shooting
Rather than attributing Holmes’ and the Joker’s nonexistent moral compass (and neither seems to have one) to an absence of moral training that would be there if prayer were back in public schools, we may need to look at their apparent lack of a self-conscious narrative as a more telling source.
Read More
Cleansing Monsters: Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter retells the story of America, laying the blame for many of the worst episodes on vampires. Does this history let us off the hook?
Read More
Dumping Satan: It’s Time to Let Go
The history of Christianity, as atheists are fond of reminding us, is one that has been drenched in blood. Whether religious war, inquisition, or colonial violence, there’s been great evil committed in the name of God. What role has the idea of Satan played in the development of this culture?
Read MoreNeuroscience Says Evil is “Over”: Not So Fast…
What scientists discover and what they say about it are two different things.
Read More
Tea Party’s Cosmic Conflict in Wisconsin
Big Government is the sacred enemy that animates the Tea Party uniting it in opposition to death panels, socialists, gun-control advocates, unions, Obamacare, deficits, and so on…
Read More
Why Did Vandals Try to Destroy a Holy Tree?
On December 9, residents of Glastonbury, England discovered a gruesome crime scene. Vandals had dismembered the Holy Thorn Tree that sits atop Wearyall Hill. But why would someone do a thing like that?
Read More