Strange New Thoughts

Ever since I read Dr. Francis Collins' statement that he keeps the complete works of Richard Dawkins and Christopher Hitchens on his bo...

Smoking used to be cool. Humphrey Bogart, the iconic tough good guy, the cigarette between his lips extending his world-weary cool beyond h...

Death To Originality (For its own sake) Those who know me personally may find such an injunction coming from me to be either ironic o...

Twilight of the Four-Headed Monster (Or, Why the Beatles Phenomenon Can Never Happen Again) This just in: Emeli Sandé has jus...

(That is the question) I just came off the road last week, playing drums for an up-and-coming Americana/Country artist. Thing is, I...

Slamming Down the Gauntlet, Pt. I Today I was taken to task by an old friend for a) believing in theistic evolution (also known as ...