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I feel MUCH better now. Whew!

So, I was really upset about this Harriet Miers business until I read that Jerry Falwell is backing her one hundred percent.

Is Karl Rove Going Down?

We ain't done nothing wrong.

President Bush speaking at the National Endowment for Democracy

Women Die in Police Custody

It ain't us they need to be worryin' bout…

Maybe Iran didn't HEAR the first time Israel decided they didn't need nuclear weapons.

Israel will blow them off the map if they don't stop effin' around.

Wait, I thought someone said she was a virgin….

Who's takin' bets its gonna be an alien?

Secularism is Good for the (National) Soul

A new study published in Creighton's Journal of Religion and Society provides strong evidence that high religiosity is not necessarily a good thing, at least on a large scale.

"For I Have Been Touched by His Noodly Appendage"

If we're going to teach Intelligent Design in public school biology classes, then clearly we need to include more than one theory of ID. I'm especially impressed with this counter-theory, which seems every bit as compelling as the arguments put forth by Dembski, Behe, et. al. Let me know if you agree. Excerpt:

What's good for the goose….

Who knew that Bush could piss off the Right just as much as the Left with one little Supreme Court Justice Nominee.

Chief Newbie Roberts Swinging Against Oregon Law

Who Is Separated at Birth from Harriet?

The Day-Care Scare That Wasn't

Fellow Texan Molly Ivins Defrocks Harriet Miers

The Give-a-Damn Party

I used to assume that the religious right was only concerned about abortion and gay marriage, but one of the things that has crossed my mind over the past few months is that they are, by and large, very concerned about poverty, and more concerned than the norm about racism. You can see that in local groups like Voice of Calvary and Mission Mississippi, but maybe the best example is what evangelical churches did in response to Hurricane Katrina.

The Bachelors

Before we despair over new Bush Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers, let's bear three things in mind...