Anna Pierre, a registered nurse and former Creole-language singer, ran for mayor of North Miami. Her claim is unique, even among Americans: she argues that she was endorsed by Jesus Christ. As a video at ABC video notes, she prayed and received not one but three signs that Jesus endorsed her. Anna Pierre is likely […]
It’s in Mississippi, of course, perhaps America’s most benighted state. Although the news is a bit late (this was reported three weeks ago), it’s timely in representing the never-flagging forces of religious indoctrination in my country: From The Raw Story: A high school in central Mississippi allegedly forced students to watch a Christian video and […]
UPDATE: The UNRWA has issued this statement: Statement attributable to UNRWA Spokesperson, Chris Gunness 14 May 2013 East Jerusalem UNRWA categorically rejects accusations in the media that the Agency is “erasing Israel from the map” because its officials and stakeholders stood next to a map which does not show Israel. The map in question is […]
A new Pew Research Global Attitudes project (pdf of full report here) shows, to my mind, dismal prospects for peace in the Middle East. Roughly a thousand people in each of 12 countries were surveyed (either face-to-face or by phone) about their attitudes towards Israel and Palestine, the possibility of a peaceful resultion, whether Obama […]
In honor of my visit*—I’m flying into Charlotte today (see post above)—the mayor of that city has officially proclaimed a “Day of Reason.” Anthony Foxx, current mayor but nominated by President Obama to be the next Secretary of Transportation, issued the following decree: Read that thing! A more secular document you couldn’t find! There’s no reference […]
Over the week, several friends have asked me, “Jerry, what do you think North Korea is going to do?” My response is usually, “How the bloody hell do I know? I’m no political expert!” But then I prognosticate anyway, for I’m fascinated with North Korea and have tried to learn as much as I can […]
Well, I freely admit that I was wrong when I speculated, before the last election, that Barack Obama was an atheist. I wasn’t going on much, to be sure, but over the last few years he’s shown no signs of heathenosity. In fact, his goddishness seems to be increasing, as we can see in the […]
After Tony Blair, I thought that government osculation of religious rumps would cease, but prime minister David Cameron, it seems is up to the same old tricks. According to Britain’s National Secular Society, he’s bending over backwards to praise Christianity: Prime Minister David Cameron held yet another reception at Downing Street for religious leaders this […]
What kind of mother would send her young son off to die in a suicide bombing of children—knowing he would die—and then rejoice and pass out candy after his death and the deaths of other innocents he took with him? What kind of mother would lobby her other sons to become “martyrs,” too? A religious […]
Yes, I know a lot of readers support the Palestinians as victims of Israeli oppression, and some even want the state of Israel eliminated. Others tend to ignore the Palestinian suicide bombings against civilians, the Palestinian placement of weapons in civilian areas, and other violation of the Geneva convention. As I’ve pointed out before, there’s […]
