ECHIDNE OF THE SNAKES

Originally posted here. A delicious topic:  How fundamentalist religions cope with sexuality in general and with women's sexuality ...

This post* is from the imaginary series of what weird stuff Echidne's mind latched onto when it was supposed to do real work, and has ...

This was first posted in 2010 , but its concerns:  about the lack of proper vacation time in the United States,  are still with us.  If an...

I'm offering you a hammer or a saw or a chisel in these toolkit posts, not to build furniture or a house with, but to equip you to argu...

The next three weeks will see lots of re-posting on this blog, as well as stuff I have created for your enjoyment in the last two weeks.  I...

The Christianist governor of Kansas, Sam Brownback , decided to run his state as a dystopian experiment on what happens when most firms are...

1.  If someone pokes Donald Trump, he must poke back .  Must.  Even if ignoring that initial poke would be the rational thing to do. ...

1.  Pope Francis has issued  an “ apostolic constitution ,” a binding document with new rules. And to whom is the document addressed? Co...

Serendipity often plays a large role in what I end up writing. As one example, I just read George Lakoff's  linguistic piece about h...

That's from a children's song .  It's a very clever headline, even if I say so myself, for a post which is about the possible d...

Imagine this scenario:  You are in a physician's office, waiting to get the diagnosis for that nagging pain you've had for a while....

- How did you react when you learned that Donald Trump, had said this ? Trump added that, if elected, the U.S. would not automatically ...

The first signs do not look good : Reports of sexual harassment and violence against women have also increased since Friday. One woman...

Those are the sentiments of the crowds at the Republican National Convention ((RNC ) (for locking her up), of a Republican Commissioner Du...

1.  The military coup attempt in Turkey failed. But what Erdogan appears to be doing in response looks ominous to me: Turkey suspended ...

What took place at the Republican National Convention on day one fits in so very well with my previous post about freedom from other religi...

That's what I desire right now: freedom from other people's religions.  I'm fed up with the anti-woman and anti-GLBT stances o...

These buttons, you can proudly wear on your lapel at this year's Republican National Convention: The article I linked to also ...

To some that title might evoke images of military heroes who sacrifice themselves for their country.  To others the images are worse:  Fami...

Here's something for you to chew on: Several studies  I've written about here over the years show that it's quite possible fo...