Of all the issues currently dragging down left-wing discourse, none is so destructive as bad journalism - sensationalism in place of reason, confirmation bias in place of fact. Why does it matter? What does it look like? JH tells you all about it, here.... [More]

I continue to be misrepresented and attacked for "ignoring" the racial issues involved in the Trayvon Martin case. Here is a careful analysis of those issues.... [More]

I'm kind of fed up with this constant assertion (by Christians trying to justify their fear of Islam) that Christianity is this nice, polite, non-violent religion that never encouraged the murder of nonbelievers or other forms of violence (where Islam of course is assumed to be evil and violent and terrible by many who are ignorant of it). So here's me picking apart the myth that Christianity is a religion of peace.... [More]

Isn't it funny, how the right keeps demanding "small government" through increasingly draconian laws to regulate the behavior of individuals? Let's take a closer look.... [More]

An attempt to clear up the differences between bias and context in regards to my criticism of religion.... [More]

Amnesty International has indicated that they find it acceptable to blame art and free expression for violence. I have supported the work of Amnesty International since I was in my teens. I am publicly calling on them to retract this statement immediately.... [More]

"Doesn't make much sense, does it?" People post status messages bitching about helping other countries before helping "our own," but those same people can't be bothered to share a link or donate five bucks to help one of "their own."... [More]

Dear God: If you're out there and answer to this name, would you please perform some miracle or great work which allows the genuinely frustrated but badly misinformed segment of our population which refers to itself as "The Tea Party" to understand that the candidates who they've endorse... [More]

This is a video I actually did around Christmas of 2009, but somehow it never ended up here. So, I thought I’d go ahead and post it. Comments, as always, are welcome.... [More]