Category Archives: What is wrong with the world
Gods of Football: Have Mercy on Us
Gods of Football: (Note: Forgive my concussed brain for any potential errors or anything that makes it seem like I do not love you). It started with Penn State. That is when I first noticed how fickle you can be. Who am I to judge your infinite wisdom. After all, you created things rugby and [...]
Was I Friends with Adam Lanza?
We became friends in freshman honors Geometry class when Mark stood up to answer a Trigonometry bonus question that the teacher said was well beyond our ability. Mark was a strange kid: the kind of kid who wears snow boots in October; who had a mustache as a freshman; who transferred from another school and claimed that the other school was “St Mary’s Over Looking the Thames.”
Put Down Your Swag and Follow Me
As a follower of Christ how much should I care about my image? I certainly know I shouldn’t spend too much thought or money on clothes. Christ made that pretty clear. Thrift stores help with this. I get to spend my money on important things, like student loans, while maintaining swag. In fact when a student says, “Where did you get that knit tie?” and I say, “From the thrift store,” it builds my ethos and ego.
As Dumb as the Market Demands: How to Make a Crappy Argument
If there is one thing I can teach my kids before I die it will be Never use a post hoc logical fallacy. A post hoc logical fallacy declares that correlation implies causation. Our example today is provided by Bryan Fischer, Director of Issue Analysis, American Family Association. In a post titled “Homosexuality, Hitler and ‘Don’t Ask Don’t [...]
As Dumb as the Market Demands: How to Be a Crappy State
I spent my childhood summers at a Christian camp in Wisconsin. We made fun of these obese farm brothers Luke and Matt with stretch marks, and Ritalin. Let’s be honest, we thought the locals were dumb, with their stories of bull castration and horse insemination. So we imported 16 inch softball and Deans chocolate milk. [...]
It Turns Out Religion has no place in Religion
Despite all of my education I haven’t been able to break out of my old-fashioned religious beliefs. I know. It is embarrassing. It might also be harming society like Christopher Hitchens claims in God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything. That’s pretty bad. Since I really want to be a good liberal American this is something [...]
Preventing the Death of Baby Girls is “Hypocritical”
Some days I wake up and wish I wasn’t the hateable-white-back-woods-patriarchal-moralist that I am. I really wish that I was more progressive and open-minded. But I’m so stubborn-stupid. Just yesterday I had begun to think that maybe I had shed some of my bigotry. But the internet reminded me that I’m still a hateful turd-head. [...]
“Banned” Books
We found the following notes scribbled on the backs of crumpled ATM receipts that had been sewn into the lining of an old peacoat. We suspect that the author was the unknown philosopher called DREWSUS. you could argue that no one in the world would remember the catcher in the rye today if it [...]
The So-Called Scandal of College Sports
News of a University of North Carolina cheating scandal broke this summer dwarfing the 2007 Florida State fiasco. This month we learn that several members of Harvard’s men’s basketball team cheated on a take home exam. Shocking. Or not. College sports are a huge financial boon for colleges and universities. The cash cow is obviously football at close to a billion in annual revenue for TV alone. And
Are You Christian or American?
Stanley Hauerwas has a fascinating insight into the word “we“: I always say I represent the “Tonto principle of Christian ethics.” When Tonto and the Lone Ranger found themselves surrounded by 20,000 Sioux, the Lone Ranger turned to Tonto and said, “This looks pretty tough. What do you think we ought to do?” Tonto replied, [...]
