Tag Archives: Rambam

land of milk and bunny

The rupture the internet meme was too hot for the “nerfies” in polyester yarn slippers at Madame Pickwick so the erstwhile Kardashian’s butt was still covered but re-branded as a Studio Backstage pub for the Montreal creative bar. “The society … Continue reading

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into the heartland of heresy: religion as a private matter

Heresies. Recurrent ideas which break through the continually sealed crust of orthodoxy because they contain an important truth or an irrepressible human aspiration. And they don’t seem limited to one religion. In fact, monotheism seems to reinforce their appearances… The … Continue reading

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presence of the lord

The Protestant Reformation has some strange old bones in the closet. Recessed genes that keep popping up in odd places. Those nasty margin notes of Martin Luther, that sinister side while mocking, and justly the clerical pomp and obedience without … Continue reading

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tinkling the ivory: recital in the seraglio

Travel hint: Don’t mock Islamic beliefs about Paradise. Not even a John Milton connection about Paradise Lost. There are laws in Paradise, and its no place some some funky anarchist. Screw the Enlightenment. More Heidegger and less Voltaire. Although in … Continue reading

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what’s in the tea leaves anyway

What happens when the secular confronts the religious. Well, sparks fly. The secular create an artificial and contrived caricature of the religious as fanatical right wing ideologues whose criticism undermines the very nature of democracy. And the religious can counter … Continue reading

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