An article written by my father, the Rev. C. Thomas Paige, as it appeared in the Tri-State Defender on the date shown. Continuing our general theme, “Greatest Questions in the Bible,� this week our concern is found in Genesis 4:9 - “Where is Abel, thy brother?� This question takes on new imp...

This has been making the blog rounds today… Porn in the USA: Conservatives are biggest consumers A new nationwide study (pdf) of anonymised credit-card receipts from a major online adult entertainment provider finds little variation in consumption between states. "When it comes to adult en...

An article written by my father, the Rev. C. Thomas Paige, as it appeared in the Tri-State Defender on the date shown. Continuing our general theme of last week, “Great Questions in the Bible,� this week we are going to concern ourselves with the next question found in the Bible, “Who told the...

Barack Obama's inaugural address could be one of the most eagerly anticipated speeches ever given. As the world awaits his words on Tuesday, the speculation is rife: Will he be as eloquent as Lincoln? Can he match the oratory of JFK? Or even of Ronald Reagan?...

Via KOS…A wee post from Effective Measure, a public health forum, titled, What Else Did You Expect From Horny Teenagers?   Remember it, the next time you hear some crackpot argue that religion is a precondition of moral behavior… Evolution has hard wired a drive to reproduce in youn...

If you’re out to party tonight, instead of the usual crap, spend some extra bucks on the really good stuff, and savor it instead of just sloshing it down.  You’ll drink less and enjoy it more and probably end up spending about the same amount of money you would have for the cheap st...

An article written by my father, the Rev. C. Thomas Paige, as it appeared in the Tri-State Defender .This article is among several in the collection that is undated. Time and time again, man rises to his highest heights, his shining hour. I use the term “rises” advisedly. As we see man d...

OpenLeft is among the many political blogs I subscribe(d) to.  I initially liked it during the election because of their polling predictions (before I learned about FiveThirtyEight.com) and then occasionally for their "red meat" liberal reporting as a forefont to larger organizations getting the st...

Matthew Yglesias thinks the titans of finance are ducking responsibility for the mess they’ve made of…well…the entire friggin’ world… Robert Rubin speaks up for himself: “Nobody was prepared for this,” Mr. Rubin said in an interview. He cited former Federal ...

An article written by my father, the Rev. C. Thomas Paige, as it appeared in the Tri-State Defender on the date shown. “BEHOLD THE CABOOSE!!” One of the greatest tragedies of our day and time is wrapped up in the indifference of our church. Sometime ago, I was in Louisville, KY attending...