So I know I’m supposed to spend the day after the South Carolina primary talking about Gingrich’s big comeback and how he fought his way past dubious open marriage allegations (probably financed by Romney truth be told) to win a decisive victory that means…something, I guess…Yawn, I’m sorry but I just can’t work up the…
Category: Sunday
Sunday’s Sermons: So Long to Jon Huntsman, The “Other” Mormon
So today brings news that Jon Huntsman will officially end his Presidential campaign in South Carolina on Monday morning. Now this comes as a shock to…uhhh…errr…maybe Jon Huntsman’s sons? No…maybe his wife? Probably not. Well, I would say it comes as a shock to Huntsman himself but I seriously doubt that’s true either. Now there’s…
Sunday’s Sermons: New Year’s Revolution
Even though no holiday is a bad one–at least out of the major ones that get people out of work for a day–my favorite one remains a combination of the last six hours of December 31st and the entirety of January 1st. There’s just something about the promise of New Year’s Eve/New Year’s Day that…
Sunday’s Sermons: Inside the Death of the “Atheist Pope” Christopher Hitchens
This past week, the man known as “The Atheist Pope,” Christopher Hitchens, lost his long battle with cancer. Now, not everyone who follows politics is familiar with Christopher Hitchens. So if I had to pick just one book to sum up the man, I would pick Hitchens’s “God is Not Good” as a pretty accurate place…
Perry’s “War On Religion” Campaign Ad, More False “Christians Are Persecuted” Rhetoric
Most of you have already seen Rick Perry’s by-now infamous campaign ad where he blasts Obama for his “War on Religion.” You probably haven’t seen it on TV–its intended place to be viewed, especially if you live in Iowa where Perry is pining his last ditch hopes to win the nomination–but it’s been steadily making…
Sunday’s Sermons: The Rise of Newt, and the Fall of Frank. Why God?
That title might be slightly misleading. Newt Gingrich’s “rise” to the top of the Republican (scrap) heap probably has as much to do with them exhausting all the other candidates (Michele Bachmann, Rick Perry, Herman Cain) in one embarrassing flub after another as it does with anything Newt is doing. And the second slightly misleading…
Sunday’s Sermons: Why Are Evangelical Christians Becoming Pro-Death?
For once the title of an Alabama Liberal post isn’t a rhetorical question, because it’s honestly a stumper for me. How is it possible that the “Kris-chins” that make up the Republican party’s largest block of voters (social conservatives) and who they couldn’t win many races without have become so blood thirsty? For the better…
Sunday’s Sermons: 9/11 Tributes, Emotionally Appropriate or Milking It?
That potentially infuriating title isn’t meant to signal that I already know the answer (unlike most pieces on this site), and I want to say upfront that I legitimately don’t know. On the one hand, it is the ten year anniversary of the worst terrorist attack in U.S. history, a massive event that ripped a hole…
Sunday’s Sermons: Ayn Rand, the Patron Saint of Assholes
So Thursday on the site we had a take down of Libertarianism, but no true rebuke of the bogus mythology would be complete without mentioning this cult’s leader: Ayn Rand. I’m not saying she started Libertarianism–in fact, she didn’t–but more than any one figure, she is the person they look up to. If this movement…
Sunday’s Sermons: Inside the Cult of Ron Paul
Last week The Daily Show ran a piece about how the news media is unfairly ignoring Ron Paul. It was funny, truthful, and I even went to their facebook page to talk about it. Unfortunately, hundreds of people had already beaten me to it. There were perhaps half-a-thousand comments all expressing gratitude for the Paul…
First Black President Vs. First Mormon Nominee, Why Obama Should Want to Face Romney
Today we have a real interesting match up. Most weeks I’m forced to choose which theme I want to go with, religion or race, BUT this week we get to speculate on which one the American people would be more comfortable with: a black president or a president that isn’t protestant. [Only one president has…
Sunday’s Sermons: Changing Marriage in New York
So all over the internet I’ve been seeing ads saying “Conventional Marriage Under Attack!” and “Stop the threats to REAL marriage!” Now I didn’t realize gay marriage was such a threat to conventional marriage or exactly how it threatens it. Have homosexuals acquired a gay atomic bomb? Will it be dropped from Neil Patrick Harris’s…
Sunday’s Sermons: Why Having a President that Believes in Evolution is Important
In Thursday’s editorial I pointed out the horrifying possibility that Michelle Bachmann could win the Republican nomination. This is terrifying for many different reasons I won’t get into just in the interest of length, but I will single out Bachmann’s “War on Science.” She doesn’t believe in climate crisis, stem cell research, homosexuality (her husband…