In what is now a tradition, we present for Thanksgiving the death prayer of Old Lodge Skins, which comes at the close of Little Big Man by Thomas Berger (who himself died […]
Old Lodge Skins’ Prayer Of Thanksgiving
Are Movies Getting Worse?
This post originally ran 26 July 2011. I should have mentioned the recency bias in the citizens, and that most critics nowadays are woke dweebs. But this was before the Great Awokening, […]
A Priest And A Reporter Walk Into A Bar — A Mini Play In One Act
This post originally ran 6 October 2012. PLAYERS: Father Quinn, in uniform. A Bartender, Murphy, in uniform. A reporter, Bradford, looking hip. Other patrons may be added as set dressing, but who […]
How’d We Do On Our 2019 Predictions?
A strong no prize this year. Nobody did well enough. Not enough specific predictions, or those that were specific did not come to pass. Doom predictions are too easy: they needed to […]
CONTEST! Produce Better Parody Of Christianity Than Nicholas Kristof & Serene Jones
We’ve had many contests over the years, dear readers, varying in their difficulty and intellectual challenge. This time I have the true test, the consummate conundrum, the summit of stumpers. I’m launching […]
A Coincidence: Coyne Zinged Me Before I Him — Or, The Coyne Fallacy Redux
After posting yesterday’s article, Jerry Coyne Doesn’t Have Free Will (poor fellow), I immediately saw hits coming to my place from Coyne’s. It turned out that, unbeknownst to me, the afternoon before, […]
Reader Questions About Men’s Fashion
Dr. Briggs, I just reread your post “Top 10 Men’s fashion rules” and it has much more meaning to me now that I am a bit older and more ‘professional’ than I […]
Al Sharpton: Republicans Has Climate Change
(Direct link to video.) God bless Al Sharpton. I mean this. God bless him. This video—this service Sharpton has done us—is final proof, it seals all deals, dissolves all doubt, that global […]
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