Justice
What is justice? It seems that in ordinary parlance justice has come to mean the assignment of punishments to those who have broken the law and harmed others. It is understood as a publicly endorsed process of vengeance. Justice equals punishment. But this is a...
The Appeal of Everlasting Torment
Biblical proof texts supporting eternal torment for the wicked are virtually non-existent. While many passages are commonly referenced as proof texts, they only “work” as proofs when mental contortion is applied. Even so, belief in torment remains prevalent within...
Spin the Bottle
Spin the Bottle The leading candidates for both the Republican and Democratic parties have both shown themselves to be corrupt. One is a politician without convictions, moved by any left-blowing breeze. The other is one of the most outrageous narcissists in world...
Mandarin Style
“The Mandarin style…is beloved by literary pundits, by those who would make the written word as unlike as possible to the spoken one. It is the style of those writers whose tendency is to make their language convey more than they mean or more than they feel, it is the style of most artists and all humbugs.” – Cyril Connolly
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