by Ken JP Stuczynski | Jun 30, 2017 | Politics & Law, Religion & Spirituality
{By Ryan S Bonnett, published on Facebook 29 June 2017} If you didn’t catch it earlier this week, a man drove a car into a Ten Commandments monument outside of the Arkansas State Capitol building. While I certainly don’t condone rampant vandalism, I think...
by Ken JP Stuczynski | Jan 12, 2017 | Politics & Law, Religion & Spirituality
{Facebook post by Ryan S Bonnett, published here with permission} I get asked every once in a while why I decided to get a history degree. After all, I never technically did anything with it. At the time, I took the classes because I enjoyed them. The longer I live,...
by Ken JP Stuczynski | Jun 15, 2015 | Philosophy & Ethics, Politics & Law, Religion & Spirituality, Society & Culture
Every now and then I come across an effort to compare of contrast the scriptural teachings of Jesus of Nazareth with this or that political party or ideology. One such meme pits things like “Feed the Hungry” versus “Cut Food Stamp Benefits” and...
by Ken JP Stuczynski | Apr 13, 2015 | Philosophy & Ethics, Politics & Law, Psychology, Religion & Spirituality, Society & Culture
Who is behind that mask? Man? Woman? Terrorist? (Sorry, i was supposed to capitalize these for effect.) You don’t know, do you? Actually, I do, because I have common sense. The odds are astronomically high it can be nothing other than an Arabic woman. Someone...
by Ken JP Stuczynski | Feb 12, 2015 | Philosophy & Ethics, Religion & Spirituality, Science & Pseudoscience
I’m not sure how to decorate or dress for Darwin Day, but I assume it would be something pragmatic and sensible. But as some people make it their religion — the way they relate to life — some take it too far. One blogger I’ve encountered (among...
by Fulano de Tal | Oct 18, 2014 | Politics & Law, Religion & Spirituality, Uncategorized
The second Gulf War When the events subsequent to September 11 2001 took place, namely the creation of a pretext for the invasion of Iraq, a widespread cynicism developed in the UK regarding the putative evidence of mass destruction and Al Qa’ida. Equally, there was...