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When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Whiny

There are so many things related to politics that I hear or read that just piss me off, but I usually try not to say anything, because it’s kind of just taking the bait. That’s especially the case with the … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Celebrities, Conspiracy Theories, Current Events, Fox News, Politics, Prejudice, Television | Tagged abuse, chris christie, constitution, donald trump, e. jean carroll, elizabeth holmes, elon musk, guns, homophobia, justice, law, mafia, mike pence, misogyny, morality, new york times, racism, rape, recep tayyip erdogan, republicans, ron desantis, taxes, twitter, vengeance |

God Is Teasing Me, Just Like He Teased Moses in the Desert

A frequently used argument for religion is that it’s a comfort to people, and in no way do I disagree with this. There are definitely times when I wish I knew that there was some meaning to my life, that … Continue reading →

Posted in Christianity, Music, Philosophy, Religion, XTC | Tagged afterlife, andy partridge, behaviorism, bible, golden rule, heaven, hell, immortality, jesus, justice, perfection, sin |

Lockup: Emerald City

My wife, who has read several books about prison and watched many episodes of Lockup on MSNBC, has mentioned to me that she doesn’t like the way the prison system in Oz is set up. Of course, thanks to an … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, Comics, Jack Snow, L. Frank Baum, Oz, Oz Authors, Phyllis Ann Karr | Tagged a computer wizard in oz, amazons, dc comics, emerald city, george van buren, jinjur, justice, ojo, omby amby, ozma, reform island, the magical mimics in oz, the marvelous land of oz, the patchwork girl of oz, the runaway in oz, tollydiggle, transformation island, william moulton marston, wonder woman, zimbo and the magic amulet |

Post of the Hours

One common feature of mythology is an explanation of the procession of the seasons, often linking them to particular deities or to the death and rebirth of a god. In Greek mythology, it’s explained that the winter is when Demeter‘s … Continue reading →

Posted in Astronomy, Etymology, Greek Mythology, Language, Mythology, Science | Tagged aphrodite, autumn, auxo, constellations, demeter, dike, eirene, eunomia, euporie, fates, fortuna, hades, horae, hours, justice, karpo, orthosa, persephone, pherusa, seasons, spring, summer, thallo, themis, titans, tyche, virgo, winter, zeus, zodiac |

Baby, You Can Drive My Karma

The way I view religion, it has to have one or more conscious entities controlling the universe. I don’t know that it necessarily has to include a code of behavior, but religions almost invariably do. There’s also frequently an overriding … Continue reading →

Posted in Christianity, Greek Mythology, Hinduism, Mythology, Norse, Philosophy, Religion | Tagged asgard, glenn beck, joel osteen, justice, karma, law, ragnarok, slacktivist, social justice, styx, zeus |

Plight of the Private Citizen

Thinking back to my earlier post about fictional societies that value reason above all things, I realized that there’s one Oz character for whom the same thing is true. This is Tititi-Hoochoo, the Great Jinjin and Private Citizen of a … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, L. Frank Baum, Melody Grandy, Oz, Oz Authors, Phyllis Ann Karr | Tagged justice, reason, the gardener's boy of oz, the great jinjin, tik-tok, tik-tok of oz, tititi-hoochoo, zim greenleaf, zim greenleaf of oz |

For Great Justice

We’re all familiar with the depiction of Justice as a blindfolded woman holding scales. As with a lot of anthropomorphic personifications, this image largely derives from Greco-Roman mythology, but from a few different deities. The first relevant goddess is Themis, … Continue reading →

Posted in Greek Mythology, Mythology, Roman | Tagged adikia, apollo, astraea, bronze age, delphic oracle, dike, eirene, eunomia, fortuna, gaia, justice, justitia, ouranos, themis, virgo |