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God's Been on Holiday

Jonathan MS Pearce

01 Apr 2019

Some Monday music for you, to keep you company. I always loved this. Good lyrics:

Off the edge of the map

The best-laid schemes of mice and men gang aft agley, said the Scottish poet Robert Burns in 1785. Burns, as the plowman, destroys the nest of a mouse who then has no resources or wherewithal to rebuild it over the winter. Burns, as the plowman, rues his own plans that

07 Mar 2024 4 min read

IVF ruling: When courts skip critical thinking

The recent IVF ruling shows scant regard for some rudimentary philosophizing we can do. The Justice needs some critical thinking lessons.

01 Mar 2024 4 min read

Moses Johnson delivers sermon tantamount to theocracy

Mike Johnson, Speaker for the House of Representatives where the Republicans are hanging tenuously onto a slim majority, recently remained true to his label as a Christian nationalist. There was no sign of an interest in constitutional secularism at a GOP retreat intended to discuss and plan for a continued

26 Feb 2024 2 min read

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