Month: May 2004
Why the Poor are Fat
Posted on May 21, 2004 in Class Sugar and Fat
“Our poor are fat” is a way of exculpating the rich from responsibility for the worsening state of affairs in this country.
Economic Rambling
Posted on May 21, 2004 in Social Justice
Can we let the red states pay for all of it?
Insert a Trite Metaphor About a Corral
Posted on May 21, 2004 in Roundup
Rages at the world tend to be followed by a natural desire to stand up in the bilges of ship and sing at the top of one’s lungs.
Studying for my Turing Test
Posted on May 20, 2004 in Humor? IRC/Chat The InterNet
Human: Do you support the war?
ALICE: I am in favor of all records being broken, at any time.
Savage Love on Fat
Posted on May 20, 2004 in Sugar and Fat
I’m looking for the thin man who used to be there.
Why I Love Her
Posted on May 20, 2004 in Crosstalk Partnership Recent
“You have him well trained,” said a woman to Lynn.
Paths of Light
Posted on May 19, 2004 in Site News
I’m going to be moving Paths of Light over to the new server this weekend. There’s a little there right now, but it is mostly old photographs. Thanks as always for the comments.
I’m feeling thud-headed tonight. Time for sleep!
Catholics and the Hanging Gut
Posted on May 19, 2004 in Morals & Ethics Sugar and Fat
Why not just feel good about the way we look?
Catholic Suttee
Posted on May 19, 2004 in Morals & Ethics Myths & Mysticism
When martyrdom is chosen because of social pressure and not because of personal devotion, it becomes murder.
The Politics of Fat and Exercise
Posted on May 18, 2004 in Reading Sugar and Fat War
It had nothing to do with staying healthy, everything to do with eugenics.
Stephen Riddle Responds
Posted on May 18, 2004 in Mailbox Morals & Ethics
It is increasingly hard for American Catholics on the Left.
