Category Archives: Culture

Black Friday Sucks

Posted on November 27, 2015 by a1skeptic

In case you don’t know it, it’s stores like Walmart that took the Christ out of Christmas. Not the progressive who are trying to be inclusive of Jews, Muslims and others by using the hated “Happy Holidays” instead of “Merry … Continue reading →

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About American Thanksgiving

Posted on November 26, 2015 by a1skeptic

Today is American Thanksgiving, a holiday which in recent years has acquired more of a controversial status. There was one thing that was always kind of nice about Thanksgiving: it didn’t matter if you were a Christian, a Jew, a … Continue reading →

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When you’re tired of explaining things to Idiots

Posted on November 25, 2015 by a1skeptic

There were two similar articles that were published recently, one by Andy Borowitz and one by the Onion, and they were both heading in the same direction: the Borowitz article was entitled “Many in Nation Tired of Explaining Things to … Continue reading →

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Patrick Henry College is a Juggernaut

Posted on November 24, 2015 by a1skeptic

Most of you have probably never heard of Patrick Henry College, but Patrick Henry College is a juggernaut. In the narrow world of collegiate moot court. In that world, Patrick Henry College is like the UConn Huskies of Women’s basketball. … Continue reading →

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Is the Sunni-Shiite split like the Catholic-Protestant split?

Posted on November 20, 2015 by a1skeptic

I know that we in the west don’t really know much about Islam, and for that reason I did read Reza Aslan’s “No God but God” a few years back. I’ve been interested by the Sunni-Shiite split, and whether it … Continue reading →

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Is ISIS like the KKK?

Posted on November 19, 2015 by a1skeptic

One of the points that I’ve seen made on social media – I believe basketball great Kareem Abdul Jabbar has been making this point repeatedly – is that ISIS (or Daesh, as we’re now supposed to call it) has the … Continue reading →

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More thoughts in the wake of the Paris attacks

Posted on November 17, 2015 by a1skeptic

The Paris attacks is now last week’s news, but news that is going to predominate our thinking for quite some time. It’s hard to avoid. The attacks were so dramatic. The consequences so stark. And, the ongoing civil war in … Continue reading →

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Some people berated me for my Post yesterday. But I stand by it.

Posted on November 15, 2015 by a1skeptic

Some people berated me yesterday, after my otherwise trenchant post in the wake of the Paris bombings, when they thought that I tacked on an observation about how there is no God. They felt it was gratuitous and unnecessary. But … Continue reading →

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What is there really to say about the Paris attacks?

Posted on November 14, 2015 by a1skeptic

In some ways, there isn’t that much to say about the Paris attacks. They’re horrific, of course. But no more horrific than the ongoing Syrian civil war. It hits home, of course, for those of us who’ve been to Paris, … Continue reading →

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There are some Christians out there who really need to get a life!

Posted on November 12, 2015 by a1skeptic

There are a bunch of Christians out there who really have to get a life. They really have to get a life. As proof, I submit the “controversy” around the Christmas take-out coffee cups produced by Starbucks. Unlike cups produced … Continue reading →

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