Why is it that people can’t help but discriminate against us Jews during the holiday season? I went to The Sink for lunch the other day with a couple of friends. Besides getting some of the worst service I’ve ever received, on my way out I was greeted by one of the rudest, most ethnically [...] Read more »
The other day, someone posted a thread to the message boards I go to asking us to name two things we though the opposite political party was doing right and two things our political affiliation was doing wrong. At first I was all excited about this thread. I thought to myself, “man! This is your [...] Read more »
I don’t know how it happened or why, but Virginia Governor Tim Kaine actually impressed me with his response to tonight’s State of the Union address. As most Americans seem to be, I’m disillusioned with politics. I’m bothered that my party can’t push through the legislation they want to because the other party keeps stymieing [...] Read more »
When did asking questions become a sign of being evil? In the fall of 2004, a “holocaust denier” came to CU to speak. I attended the lecture to hear what he had to say. I was unsure how anyone could claim the holocaust didn’t happen. To me, that’s what a holocaust denier is; someone who [...] Read more »
Today is election day in Canada. I pray their election isn’t the farce the electoral system here is. Did you know that even if a candidate wins in a landslide, your electoral representative can vote for anyone they want to? Sure, they’ll lose their job and be vilified, but it’s legal. Therefore, if you’re Canadian [...] Read more »
I know our President has promised that we would pull out several times. I also know he’s gone back on his word on each occasion so far. It’s sad that this has happened and that we’ve had to break promises, but it is not the will of the religious right. You see, my pastor told [...] Read more »
So Bush nominated another supreme court judge. She’s definitely been in bed with Bush for a while. Unfortunately for him, she’s an uber-conservative, which means missionary only, no toys, and definitely no kissing on the lips. While at Old Chicago’s, Denise and I were watching the news and the following conversation ensued about the new [...] Read more »
Hello, Hello. My name’s Terry and I’m a law abider. There’s nothing I like more than getting fired up on beer, and when the weekends here I to exercise my right to get paralytic and fight. Good bloke fairly, but I get well leery when geezers look at me funny. Bounce ‘em round like bunnies. [...] Read more »
Don’t let the entry title alarm you. I’m not about to go off espousing homophobic and prejudiced views. In fact, just the opposite. The title itself comes from a Robin Wood essay I read for my Hitchcock class that discusses the ways that Hitchcock’s films trivialise gays and keep them on the margins. I guess [...] Read more »
A while back, the CU_Boulder community had an interesting discussion about Phillip Mitchell, a professor at CU whose contract wasn’t renewed and is accusing the school of dismissing him for being Christian. As an offshoot of that discussion, and I began discussing what it means to be a Christian and I ended up asking [...] Read more »