The Wandering Heretic

(Note: See my previous post for explanations of what the initials mean next to my references or quotes. Also see those previous posts for Sharlet’s assertions about the Family, as a Christian political group. This is, after all, the fourth is a series. To catch up, first read part one, then two, then three.) Though [...]

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This is the third installment of my detailed review of Jeff Sharlet’s expose entitled The Family. Much of my dispute with the book involves the hype that is attached to the subtitle: “The Secret Fundamentalism at the Heart of American Power.” My first installment laid the groundwork in noting how the endorsements and publisher comments [...]

I already mentioned my Daughter graduated from High School as a homeschooled child. Here is the video the class of 11 seniors put together that was shown at the ceremony. I know this has been done in other venues, but they still put in some nice touches. I know it is my daughter, so I [...]

Jeff Sharlet has written an expose of the Family. The organization, currently headed up by Doug Coe, is touted in Sharlet’s book as a secret, semi-underground society that directs American politics both domestically and in international relations. In reading the book blurbs as well as the endorsements, one is left with the impression that the [...]

When The Da Vinci Code fervor was at full crest a year or two ago, it made some inroads into the Protestant Churches. The reason may have been because the majority of Dan Brown’s targets were contained within the Roman Catholic Church—also a favorite target of fundamentalists. Now it is the Fundamentalists’ turn. What Dan [...]

The last of the Dee Dee Dance Studio Panels

And don’t think I am protected since I don’t live in Canada. After all, Mark Stein is living in America and he was charged via the Canadian Human Rights Commission with publishing “hate speech” in a Canadian magazine. Also, many Canadians are being charged even if Americans post supposedly “hate filled” comments on their websites [...]

(For the record, the church I discuss below is not where where my daughter graduated. In case this institution wishes to punish those who homeshool within their walls based on this post, please note that I do not attend there. We merely had some friends who graduated on the day discussed and we went to [...]

Somewhere along the path of Ohio legislative sausage-making, House Bill 333 was transformed into House Bill 545. HB545 (ne. HB333) was the legislation I wrote extensively about that limited the interest rates that could be charged by Payday Lenders in the State of Ohio. The bill was signed into Law on June 2, 2008 by [...]