Brittney Griner and the comparative worth of humans
What we value and how much we value any given thing is a subjective affair. We might look at price tags on things, but they are for guidance only. If you aren'
Jonathan MS Pearce
Call it what it is: corruption
When other governments are involved in nefarious acts of nepotism that line the pockets of their administration or those of their cronies and friends, we call them out for being corrupt. South America,
Nigel Farage: 'Everything that Western civilization was built on was Judeo-Christian culture'
Nigel Farage, one of the architects of Brexit, and continued xenophobe-in-chief in UK politics, has again been caught stoking the embers of cultural discontent. As recently reported at OnlySky, the 2021 UK census
A study in straw: Apologetics, alphabets, and the Torah
The prevailing consensus among modern scholars of the Bible and Semitic philology (the study of structure and history of languages) is that the Torah—or Pentateuch, if Greek is your cuppa—was largely
Christians now a minority in England and Wales
Over the past few months, as the UK Office for National Statistics (ONS) has analyzed the data from Census 2021, they have gradually released interesting nuggets to the British public. Today, the ONS
Belarus Foreign Minister suddenly dies
Belarus has been inextricably linked to Putin's invasion of Ukraine. And although Putin has used the country and its land as a springboard to conduct offensives against its neighbor, extracting a
Erdoğan uses smoke and mirrors in deadly strikes against Kurds
Although Turkey is a historically secular country, President Recep Erdoğan is an authoritarian leader who, not unlike Vladimir Putin, has curtailed freedom of speech and press to solidify his continued rule. And much like Putin (whom he still calls “dear friend”), he has unduly influenced the judici
Oh by the way, Trump is running in 2024
Donald Trump is quickly becoming passé. In case you hadn't seen page 6 of your local newspaper, the former president announced the other day that he is running for POTUS in
Would I have gone to heaven? Or hell?
Assuming that the incredibly incoherent notions of heaven and hell, a digital outcome for all humans, works and is the state of affairs, I was wondering recently about my own fate as a
UK economy crisis: Living standards now in freefall
You know things are bad when acronyms are queuing up to give you bad news. In quick succession, we have had expert organizations warning of our imminent economic and cost-of-living woes. First, at
Where is Shelly Miscavige? Scientology's First Lady still missing after 15 years
Most people with even a passing interest in Scientology will have heard of David Miscavige. He is the infamous leader of the Church of Scientology, Tom Cruise's best man at his
How the Twitter Blue Check debacle went from hilarious to horrifying
Who knew that if, as the newfound CEO of a huge social media company, you got rid of half of your staff, including most of your content moderation team, and many of your