Neither Elena Kagan nor Sonia Sotomayor are married. Kagan never married, and Sotomayor divorced almost forty years ago. And neither of them have any children.
Category Archives: Madness
A Paradox?
The more we talk about the importance of loving yourself and being yourself, the more prescriptions for antidepressants doctors have to write.
On Christian Cults
You’d think that people would catch on to the fact that churches with night club names (“Dwell,” “Lift,” “Sponge”), pastors in jeans, and killer Instagram accounts go hand-in-hand with news stories like this one. If you want a church that’s not going to get hit with corruption charges, you want a place with a nameContinue reading “On Christian Cults”
A Better Way To Anti-Consumer
I’m enjoying this one immensely. I far prefer the anti-consumerism of the 80s and early 90s to the sort of shrill pap that passes as edgy these days. DeLillo is satirical, but he doesn’t believe that satirizing consumerism is brave. He doesn’t believe it is a metaphysics or a creed. It’s not a dogma. TheseContinue reading “A Better Way To Anti-Consumer”
Vindicated By The World
Around a year ago, I wrote an article suggesting “mindfulness” was a fake, morally vacuous corporate virtue. A few people howled. In the grocery store today, I saw this: “Mindful” literally means “fake” here.
You Need To Be Qualified To Read St. Paul
“The desire to treat every book of the Bible equally often inclines classical educators (and youth group leaders) to teach New Testament epistles to young students simply because St. Paul says a lot about grace and faith and salvation, which are subjects modern Christians obsess over. However, St. Paul’s teachings on faith are meaningless andContinue reading “You Need To Be Qualified To Read St. Paul”
The Great Solution Is Also The Simple One
Richmond Public Schools (RPS) students average almost five hours a day on YouTube, according to a Chromebook Usage Data report presented to the school board Monday night. “I wish there was a great solution to this,” Richmond School Superintendent Jason Kamras said.” -from a recent Channel 6 news story
Failed Prophetess
Did any 20th century author fail more miserably at predicting the future than Margaret Atwood?
Virtual Church Attendance Does Not Count
At this point, “I attend church virtually” means “I don’t attend church.” It is the responsibility of reasonable Christians everywhere to make sure that “virtual” church attendance does not become a socially acceptable substitute for regular, actual church attendance. The problem with virtual church attendance is not that virtual things don’t count, for if itContinue reading “Virtual Church Attendance Does Not Count”
How To Become A Famous Intellectual
Write something morally reprehensible. Unapologetically defend it for the next thirty years.
There are still faint glimmers of civilization left in this barbaric slaughterhouse that was once known as humanity. 