Religiously poisoned teachers aiming to ruin young minds are, of necessity, bullshitters. But most of them aren't especially good at it, and when taking up an indefensible position it's generally a good idea to have loads of high-quality bullshit at the ready. In Bloomfield, New Mexico, a publicly f...

They gave it to an outsider—some Banana Republic-looking marketing geek who happened to be tight with one of the higher higher-ups. He was awful. And though he was their boss, that guy still saw Jay’s crew as “them.� He helped the company milk those boys dry. He had ‘em chasing their tales...

Two months ago I posted about a short video created by a West Coast ministry depicting the alleged intervention of God in the life of a deeply troubled man, a presentation I discovered during a spin through Jared White's site, "Finite Calls Infinite." Jared's observation: Check out what this guy wen...

I’ve said Annalynne McCord looks like a monkey since the first time I saw that big mouth and her Slumdog Million Ears , so when I saw these pictures of her finally getting her hands on a banana I laughed. Unfortunately, people out there find her hot, and thing she’s got it going on, and ...

Filed under: Paparazzi Photo, TV, Food Glorious Food AnnaLynne McCord from "90210" at craft services... See Also AnnaLynne McCord -- Hard To Swallow... Permalink...

Here's a few recipes from MRS. ROWE'S LITTLE BOOK OF SOUTHERN PIE (Ten Speed Press, July, 2009) in celebration of National Banana Cream Pie Day. Enjoy! (At this point, I'd be remiss if I didn't mention that you can pre-order the book at Amazon of Ten Speed.) Susan’s Banana Cream Pi...

1. Cy the Cardinal, Iowa State University Cyclones. I have to put this one in here, ‘cause I’m an ISU alum and still like to tailgate it up during football season. So why is a cardinal the mascot of a team named after a force of nature? Because it’s kind of hard to make a mascot out of a torna...

I stumbled across this "debate handbook" written by a Christian apologist of the "presuppositionalist" stripe. In a nutshell, these people are far more concerned with winning arguments than they are with entertaining what their opponents have to say, or even with merit. The "presupposition" is simpl...

One of the most disturbing aspects of religious indoctrination is the manner in which is clears the way for large numbers of people to absolve themselves of responsibility for their own judgments, however persistently ignorant. Victims of this kind of programming really do believe that certain forms...

Here. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi recently had a 15-minute meeting with Pope Benedict XVI. The meeting was held Wednesday in a small room in the Vatican after Benedict's weekly public audience. Judie Brown of American Life League tells OneNewsNow the meeting was private, but the Vatican did release a...