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Culture

Is Zeus mad at Mel Gibson?

Lightning strikes the star of ‘The Passion of Christ.’

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Politics

Daily Kos and religious liberals.

‘Secular liberals, you need to get a clue: there are lots of deeply religious people out here who reliably pull the lever in the voting booth for the straight D ticket.’

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Conservatism Episcopal Church

Despite reactionaries, Robinson will be bishop.

‘Of course it worries me that a few extremely conservative individuals, for political reasons of their own, are trying to manipulate the people of the Episcopal Church.’

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Music

Elliott Smith.

Mrs Philocrites and I mourn the death of the singer-songwriter Elliott Smith. His October 28, 2000, show at the Avalon in Boston was one of our early dates.

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Unitarian Universalism

Unitarian Universalist bloggers.

A round-up of recent blogging.

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Unitarian Universalism

Gini Courter elected interim UUA moderator.

Diane Olson, who was elected moderator in June 2001, resigned in September 2003.

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Conflict Liberalism

When is a liberal no longer a liberal?

Neoconservatives defend the use of American power almost entirely in terms of American interests, while the liberals defend the use of American power in the service of liberal ideals.

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Atheism

Bright vs. bright.

‘A basic lesson of framing is that you have to avoid promulgating messages that reinforce negative stereotypes.’

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Site News

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Suggest a topic, pose a question, demand an answer, or share a link to something I and my readers might appreciate.

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Site News

Technical questions.

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