The Wandering Heretic

One would not have to be a reader of this blog for long to realize that I am not a Fundamentalist. Nor do my views on heaven and hell find much in common with Evangelicals. Though at times, my economics may fall into sway with the Christian Right, on other issues they would [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

(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 [...]

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 [...]

Though I have been inactive for a couple of weeks, I have not given up blogging. It is one of my few remaining passions in life. However another passion took precedence for the last few weeks. My daughter graduated out if High School Homeschooling last week. About 11 mothers, headed up by [...]

In my mental exercise or excursus into the benefits of the Christian/Enlightenment dichotomic dance that buttresses the American Experience, I listed several witnesses of the dangers a divorce between the two influences engenders. My first draft of that post had six instances; the final version—if for nothing other than length—had four. I now [...]

In September of 2007, the internet columnist Kathie Shaidle changed the name of her blog from Relapsed Catholic to Five Feet of Fury. At that time, I posted an article basically expressing my fears the Shaidle had started on the slope downward toward compromise. I assumed eventually that formally cutting her ties to [...]

I am going to make a historic/philosophical proposition that is generalized beyond the bounds of forgiveness. That scope will not make it less true, however. Freedom as a political reality was brought about by the turbulent marriage of Reformation Christianity and the Enlightenment. On its own, Christianity made a great deal of [...]

I am proposing my final solution for the Payday Lenders. This is not to say what I propose here is the best solution or even the most practical. I am only saying that this will be my final posting on HB 333. I have other topics awaiting my attention.
However, I must say [...]