Ghostbusting with Gozer
According to the Ghostbusters Wiki, Gozer the Gozerian (known also as Gozer the Destructor, Volguus Zildrohar, and Lord of the Sebouillia) is an ancient entity who “was originally worshiped as a god by...
View ArticleWeiners and War Chiefs
By most accounts, Anthony Weiner thinks highly of himself. Filled with bravado, Weiner considers himself to be a political warrior. Regaling one 17 year old girl with stories about congressional...
View ArticleJudge and Be Judged
In polite American company, it is considered impolitic to declare that a presidential candidate should be disqualified by his or her religion. Perhaps this is why we have a British newsmagazine asking...
View ArticleEtruscan Rite & Roman Religion
“Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains.” With this famous sentence, Jean-Jacques Rousseau begins his masterful critique of political power. Less well known is another sentence from The...
View ArticleAnti-Mormonism as Bigotry
Following hard on the heels of a prominent Texas pastor’s Rick Perry supporting declaration that Mormonism is a cult, James Fallows over at The Atlantic was compelled to issue his own declaration: “To...
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