You go, grrrlz! Post-revolution gangs of young men trying to enforce Sharia law in the Nile delta town of Benha, Egypt, found themselves on the receiving end this week. According to reports in the Egyptian news media: Vigilante gangs of ultra-conservative … Continue reading
Right Wing Watch reports that, for the third straight year, conservative activist pastor Rod Parsley is pleading with his congregation to send him money. Nothing new there, you’d think—he is a televangelist, after all, and asking his flock to part with their … Continue reading
Damian Goddard was a Toronto-based broadcaster for Sportsnet who was fired from his job six months ago for a tweet he posted on his personal Twitter account, expressing his views that only marriage between a man and a woman is … Continue reading
If you’re dropping by from PZ Myers’ blog Pharyngula, after he posted my article on why I’m an atheist, then welcome! And this is where I’d originally posted that article back in 2009.
Easter Sunday was a good day for us when we were kids, second only to Christmas Day. We couldn’t wait to get home after Mass to unwrap our chocolate eggs! We’d remain in our Sunday best most of the day, … Continue reading
I was born in England, spent part of my childhood in Zambia and eventually immigrated to Canada. This is a blog about the news and events in my life, my interests in politics, religion, human rights, science, reason, and the odd post here and there about my cats.