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A Washed-Up Atlantis

I’ve started listening to the Let’s Talk About Myths, Baby podcast, which I found on Twitter. I have a lot to catch up on, but I did listen to some of the most recent installments about Atlantis. As the host … Continue reading →

Posted in Authors, Book Reviews, Buddhism, Conspiracy Theories, Ethnicity, Frank Black/Black Francis, Greek Mythology, Greek Philosophy, J.R.R. Tolkien, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Maps, Monsters, Music, Mythology, Oz, Oz Authors, Philosophy, Prejudice, Religion, Technology, Theosophy, William Shakespeare | Tagged al franken, archaeology, aryans, athens, atlantis, atlantis: the antediluvian world, baal-seepa, bible, critias, david m. parry, demons, devadatta, donovan, dorothy and the wizard in oz, dragons, edgar cayce, euhemerism, flood, francis bacon, genesis, glinda of oz, green dragon of atlantis, helena blavatsky, hyperborea, ignatius donnelly, iron age, king midas, let's talk about myths baby, liv albert, lord of the dark face, nazis, neolithic era, numenor, plato, pseudoscience, racism, robert e. howard, sauron, siddharta gautama, silenus, sir arthur conan doyle, sir thomas more, slavery, table of nations, the maracot deep, the scarlet empire, thevetat, timaeus, utopia |

Not All Scumbags Are the Same

As of late, it seems like every celebrity or politician is turning out to be creepy and abusive. I’m glad people are speaking up about it, but it just appears disturbingly common. I’m sure part of it is due to … Continue reading →

Posted in Celebrities, Christianity, Current Events, Fundamentalism, Gender, Politics, Religion | Tagged abuse, al franken, allegations, bill o'reilly, donald trump, fornication, george takei, harvey weinstein, hypocrisy, jared fogle, marriage, michael jackson, morality, Neil deGrasse Tyson, pedophilia, rape, roger ailes, roy moore, sin |

When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Start Bitching

I wanted to say something about Bill O’Reilly losing his show at Fox News, because my wife used to hate-watch him fairly often, so I’ve been exposed to way too much of his angry old man shtick. He was an … Continue reading →

Posted in Current Events, Fox News, Health, Philosophy, Politics, Prejudice, Snobbery, Television | Tagged al franken, andrea mackris, bill o'reilly, donald trump, emotions, fear, feelings, generations, morality, old school, sean hannity, snowflakes, stoicism, the o'reilly factor, vengeance, war |

The Moral Majority Is Neither

I’ve recently come across a few links to a Politico article on the origins of the Religious Right, which was a quite interesting read. The main point is that, while it’s commonly said that Roe v. Wade was what inspired … Continue reading →

Posted in Catholicism, Christianity, Fox News, Fundamentalism, History, Politics, Prejudice, Religion, Television | Tagged abortion, al franken, bible, bob jones jr., bob jones university, evangelism, ezra, galatians, gay marriage, homophobia, lies and the lying liars who tell them, politico, president jimmy carter, president john f. kennedy, racism, randall balmer, segregation, st. paul |