Category Archives: Current Affairs

French Headmaster Dooced 1

The headmaster of a technical school in Lozere, France, has been dismissed after discovery of his anonymously-written weblog, which was deemed obscene and pornographic. Apparently he was discovered when he posted his photo in a recent entry.

Martin Luther King Day 0

Three items caught my eye today: The New Yorker’s reprinted account of the march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama; Dr. King’s speech, which I’d never actually read in its entirety before; and dad’s recollection of marching in a rally in Kokomo, IN, after Dr. King’s assassination.

It’s Illegal to be Annoying 2

No, I’m not kidding. Annoying someone via the Internet is now a federal crime.

The stuff of nightmares 2

Oh my lord. It’d bad enough reading about an airplane accident — thankfully, one that didn’t end in tragedy — in the steady, calm voice of newspaper reporting. But then comes the report of the incident from passenger Jeremy Hermanns.

Narnia and Christianity — does it matter? 14

Sure, you can read all sorts of meaning into the stories and why they’re being brought to the screen now — religious indoctrination, right-wing propelled mass media conspiracy theories, whatever. You can also tell your inner Fox Mulder that every so often it doesn’t matter and go watch a movie.