My family doesn’t have particularly many claims to fame and fortune. One of my uncles on my father’s side (the Coopers) was John Broadus ...

So I have recently come across, via their page on Encyclopædia Metallum , the Swedish neofolk metal band Fejd, which features several me...

It’s rather interesting to me, actually – the Jiang-Bell New York Times article, as well as several of the related discussions on the matt...

On haligweorc Derek Olsen has a brilliant post concerning the way in which the Episcopal Church approaches (or rather, does not approach) ...

The recent theatre shooting in Aurora was a profound tragedy for the country as a whole, as each and every one of these assaults is. Eac...

A few thoughts before church this morning. Naj has a spirited post up here on Neo-Resistance , regarding what (in her experience) Iranians...

Dr Fox of In Medias Res has a beautifully-written, eloquently-argued post up, exploring the arguments for and against same-sex marriage fro...