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Ain't No Rest for the Broken

It is a commonly thought by many people that I know a lot about popular music. This may or may not be true. I suppose there are things that may indicate that I am a pop music guru. It is true that I have an enormous C…
Sun God Songs

I haven’t posted much lately. This has less to do with me not having anything to say and more to do with me being bored by the blogosphere’s population of 17-year-old Christian fundamentalists telling me that I’m an idi…
A Conservative Perspective

Current events from a Conservative’s perspective: We live in turbulent times. We are fighting two wars overseas with no clear exit strategy. We’re also involved in a conflict between Israel and Palestine and Iran th…
Three Truths About Racism

I started to write a post about racism, but the more I wrote the more it started to make me sound like a racist. I scratched that post, but what I wanted to say with it was probably best captured by David Benioff. He…
What is Really Going On

I have a photographic memory. I have an uncanny ability to not forget things. This “talent” has been, for the most part, beneficial to me. This single quality of mine is the only reason why I was able to successfully…
Solstice Reintroduction

I work in an industry that allows me to have a relatively easy lifestyle. Unfortunately, my job is over fifty miles away from my home, which means that every morning I’m faced with a lonely, hour-long, and congested com…
The Racism of Christianity

There’s a popular t-shirt that’s mostly worn by suburban teenagers, twentysomething white professionals, and Asian tourists who like to shop at Urban Outfitters while in America. The t-shirt has an image of Jesus Ch…
Christianity Never; Yesterday Forever

Barack Obama is probably not a socialistic Muslim terrorist. He’s probably not even a Muslim. But, if he is, indeed, a Muslim, then he’s a very lousy one at best because from what I have seen, it has been well document…
A Week of Outbursts: A Tactless New Tradition

Over the past few years several annual traditions have developed in the realm of popular music. For example, The Killers have made it a tradition to put out at least one uninspired Christmas single every year since 2005…
Black Xanga

Kanye West recently said that when it’s all said and done, history will remember him as the voice of this generation. He might be right. His popularity is unparalleled, and it is projected that his new album will sell…

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