Cesar Truqui, a Catholic priest and exorcist was sitting in a plane in front of two lesbians. He felt Satan’s presence. As he silently sought to repel the evil spririt through prayer, one of the women, he said, started growling demonically and threw chocolates at his head. “Once you hear a Satanic growl”, he is …
Why do we believe in right and wrong? Atheists such as Richard Dawkins seem to believe morality comes naturally. “It bubbles up, it’s instinctive, not taught as part of a cultural tradition.” But this lands them in a muddle, says Theo Hobson. If morality is natural, how can they also subscribe – as most do …
This blog has repeatedly criticised political gerrymandering and the damage it does to politics, the country and democracy. But there’s encouraging news. Several states are trying to do something about the gerrymandering and the hyperpartisanship it causes, by changing the way congressional districts are drawn and the way elections are held. Their goal: force members …
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In the days of the British Empire the lines of communication were long and you couldn’t jump on a plane or send an electronic report to the government. The result was that the government had to delegate to people who lived in the colonies for years, knew the people, the politics and the language and …
It is unconscionable that released prisoners should be deprived of the vote. They have been tried, convicted (sometimes for ridiculous things like selling a small amount of marijuana), and have paid the price for their misdemeanors. The fact is that banning ex-cons falls into the same classification as other voter suppression – an attempt by …
