On the quality of blogs and blogging

“…media has always had the inherent problem of separating out the wheat from the chaff, the insightful from the banal, the incisive from the divisive. Such is the price for the democratization of speech that the Internet brings: anyone with a computer has equal access. It’s probably true that most of everything is crap-but it’s […]

Christian prayers continue in PA House of Representatives sessions

I published a new article for Examiner.com titled “Christian prayers continue in PA House of Representatives sessions.” Read the introductory paragraph below and click on the above embedded link to read the article in full. At least two recent Pennsylvania House of Representatives sessions have opened with sectarian Christian prayers — those exclusive to Christianity […]

Westboro Baptist Church to protest Drew Carey

I published a new article for Examiner.com titled “Westboro Baptist Church to protest Drew Carey.” Read the first paragraph below and click the above link for the rest of the article. Members of Westboro Baptist Church – a church widely known for its protesting of military funerals and rhetoric concerning LGBT persons – will be […]

My protest of “Stand Up for Religious Freedom” rally in Scranton, PA

Here I am at the “Stand Up for Religious Freedom” rally in Scranton, PA with my protest sign also promoting the NEPA Freethought Society’s website. In this post, in a narrative fashion of sorts, I will provide some of my thoughts concerning the rally and recount some of my protesting experience. I can write for […]