Author: Aaron Barlow

One of the things that has bothered me most about present-day fundamentalists is their almost complete abandonment of The Sermon on the Mount.  To me, this is the heart of the teachings of Jesus–and, therefore, the...

I sent this today: Dear Adam Cohen: How much have you really explored the worlds of blogs? Not much, given your “Editorial Observer” column in today’s The New York Times. Like so many others in the MSM, you...

Pompous? Overbearing? Smug? You are?  Well, a pie in your face will quickly bring you down to a human level–and will tell the rest of us a great deal about you.  If you smile and lick meringue off your finger,...

In the past weeks, I have posted twice on pie-ings and responses to them (here and here).  One comment, by BooMan, puzzled me for a bit.  BooMan said that, for him, pie-ing is OK, but he draws the line at shoes....

Let me start out by saying that I am not being completely fair, here.  But fairness is not my point–warning is.  The danger, I believe, is quite real, details notwithstanding. What do we call a system of...