Brian Gongol

Socialist populism is socialism nonetheless and has to be rejected

In a dense academic speech in Germany, the Pope intended to call for an unconventional integration of faith with scientific rationalism. But it all seems to have been derailed by some ancillary comments he made regarding Islam's use of violence in its self-propagation -- which makes the reactionary Islamic violence in response to his comments a little sickeningly ironic.

Reasonable objections over the ridiculous divide-teams-by-race thing

Tennessee district attorney gets himself into hot water by writing letters to a convict he was in the process of prosecuting. The letters apparently included voluminous references to God and religion...ethics and justice notwithstanding.