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• The Falls of Lucifer

  

  The Devil is everywhere. At least if we go by the many places named after the dark lord. Over the weekend in Ithaca, we visited Lucifer Falls. Read more

  Posted on 01 October 2018 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Just Sagan

  

  Perhaps the most famous resident of Ithaca, New York, during his career at Cornell was Carl Sagan. The astrophysicist had had a noteworthy career, becoming a... Read more

  Posted on 30 September 2018 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Come Salem Away

  

  It’s the season. Here in the fast waning days of September we can already taste October and thoughts turn toward ghosties and ghoulies and their kin. Read more

  Posted on 29 September 2018 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Express

  

  Full sentences. They’re underrated. If, like me, you receive many tersely-worded emails—an inevitable result of the txt generation—you make know that disoriente... Read more

  Posted on 28 September 2018 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Riveting

  

  The days of angry white men backlash are hopefully numbered. One thing this strange phenomenon of privileged males feeling under threat has brought to the... Read more

  Posted on 27 September 2018 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Virgin-Haunted World

  

  One of the most frequent accusations of “idolatry” I heard as a child was leveled at Roman Catholic devotion to the virgin Mary. Read more

  Posted on 26 September 2018 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Forgotten Bible Verses

  

  Bible believers are basking in the headlines these days. What with Mr. “Meet My Genitals” gunning for the Supreme Court and displacing them for a few days,... Read more

  Posted on 25 September 2018 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Banned Wagon

  

  In celebration of Banned Book Week (go ahead, let your hair down!), I thought I might muse about some good news. Since I already posted on my banned book... Read more

  Posted on 24 September 2018 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Whelmed Over

  

  I have to admit I feel overwhelmed by the task. You see, I spent twelve years living in a town that went from one small used bookstore to none. Read more

  Posted on 23 September 2018 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• All Things Being Equinox

  

  The weather around here has been appropriately gloomy for the autumnal equinox. Although Hurricane Florence gave us a day of rain, the heavy clouds have been... Read more

  Posted on 22 September 2018 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Just the Fax

  

  Like most people I have a cell phone. If I use it to take a picture, I can send that photo any number of places with a tap, swipe, and tap. It works that way... Read more

  Posted on 21 September 2018 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Capital Idea

  

  Capitalism encourages a kind of racketeering among businesses, in my experience. Take the case of utility companies after a move. To date I have received well... Read more

  Posted on 20 September 2018 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Free Reading

  

  I think I was driving through Montclair, New Jersey when I first noticed one. A “little free library” in someone’s front yard. Then I began to notice them aroun... Read more

  Posted on 19 September 2018 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Taking Turns

  

  “Turn! Turn! Turn,” the Byrds sang. “For everything there is a season,” quoth Solomon. Perhaps it’s the way we acquire knowledge, but lately many fields in... Read more

  Posted on 18 September 2018 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Southern Turn

  

  In America’s ever roving commercial eye, Día de Muertos has become an extension of Halloween. Retailers have realized that people will spend a lot on their fear... Read more

  Posted on 17 September 2018 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Binaries

  

  Inside, outside, upside-down. The more life moves toward binary code—what isn’t computerized these days?—the more scholars are moving away from simple binaries. Read more

  Posted on 16 September 2018 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Firestorms

  

  Banned Book Week technically doesn’t start until the week after next, but I have a pathological fear of being late. I don’t know why. Read more

  Posted on 15 September 2018 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Jericho’s Folly

  

  The sound was compellingly familiar although it had been years since I’d heard it. We were visiting the Quakertown farmer’s market for the first time—this... Read more

  Posted on 14 September 2018 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Museum Monsters

  

  Timing has never been my strong suit. As soon as I stopped my daily commute to New York City, the Morgan Library and Museum opened a display titled “Medieval... Read more

  Posted on 13 September 2018 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Scriptural Slashers

  

  Let me relish this a moment.Thanks. You still there? It’s not too often, you see, that I get to feel like I’m near the front of the crowd. Read more

  Posted on 12 September 2018 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY