Politics and its Discontents

I knew this accusation would be made, but even Fox wanted no part of it.

A little something to disturb your Father's Day celebrations: In the wake of the massacre at Pulse night club in Orlando, National Rif...

If he is, I have yet to discover the one area he is good at, other than mendacious self-promotion. Witness his egregious and profound ignora...

Apparently they are in Fox world . In an open letter to Yelp CEO last week, a 25-year-old woman who identified herself as Talia Jane explai...

Some years ago, Rick Mercer had a special called Talking To Americans , its purpose being to satirize the profound ignorance many of our U.S...

The right wing seems to have its knickers perpetually in a twist . It's amazing any of them ever make it to adulthood, what with all tha...

"An absolute ass(et)" is how Donald Trump supporter Jeffrey Lord describes Sarah Palin contribution to Trump's campaign. Not e...

Or that is the conclusion one might draw if one accepts the logic of young Earth creationism evangelist Kent Hovind as he explains why the d...

Two posts by the Mound of Sound during my absence amply demonstrated the ongoing derangement of the religious right. One suggested that God...

...along with xenophobia, bigotry and demagoguery, the folks at Fox News would seem to be quite ignorant about their country's own histo...

While the right seems hell-bent on exploiting the Paris massacre , it is heartening to see that some of the people most affected, the French...

Does Todd Starnes have what it takes to unseat Pastor Pat for most unhinged evangelical? You decide: Can you give me a big Amen?

Personal duties are currently cutting into my time for blogging, but I hope the following once more helps to demonstrate reasons for my disd...

It seems that one of Berzins' fellow pastors does not hold with putting LGBT people to death , a fate another right-wing crazed evangeli...

... is that their egregious stupidity is self-evident :

Ah yes, that land whose political representatives make our elected reprobates look like shining exemplars. For this edition of The Dark Side...

That well-known metaphysician to the fundamentalist Christian soul, 'Doctor' Pat Robertson, prescribes some strong medicine to comba...

Pastor Pat has a warning for those given to 'abhorrent' practices .

Many will doubtlessly be reassured by Pastor Pat Robertson's ongoing enthusiasm for biblical discipline , although they might be wonder...

... instead of blaming protesters for their ill-fortune. Here is yet another incident that reminds us of the terrible abuse of power thes...