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It just gets worse and worse.  According to Retired Major Gen. Antonio Taguba, who oversaw the U.S. investigation into the abuses at Abu Ghraib prison, and who ought to know, the suppressed torture photos include pictures of men raping female prisoners and men raping men.  When I was growing up we were taught one big…

When I first was made to know, in no uncertain terms, that the earth and everything in it was vastly more sentient than I had ever imagined, I looked long and hard for writings that could shed more light on my experiences.  Especially I looked for stuff by modern Westerners. Mostly I found little.  Most…

The first open thread is wonderful.  I will try and stay out of these open threads, but occasionally ‘mine’ some themes for my own purposes.  This is one of them. I want to reverse one of the arguments given by a Christian participant: that Christians have unity because they agree on doctrine.  They are curious…

Jason over at Wild Hunt has some very good insights on why every Pagan should be thrilled with Sonia Sotomayer‘s selection for the Supreme Court.  Jason’s post is up to his usual excellent standards – give it a read and check out the links.

Recent discoveries about bird intelligence after so many many years of people knowing we were the only tool users and making it a definition for being human are great evidence for how what we “know” blinds us to what is.  See this neat BBC piece on rooks, a British bird, and their remarkable intelligence.

Alternet just added more insight to the mentality of those who led us into war in Iraq.  Turns out that Rumsfeld’s juicy little Biblical quotes juxtaposed with American firepower in his memos to Bush were part of a bigger pattern.  Apparently while George Bush was telling the American people he was hoping for a peaceful…

That’s right.  You are in charge – let’s see what happens. If it works into an interesting discussion or discussions, I’ll do it once a week.  So if there is an issue relevant to Pagans that you’d like to see addressed, bring it up.

Meical ab Awen and then some others as well ask a legitimate question over my recent posts dealing with Christianity – why have I recently focused on the crimes and shortcomings of some Christians?  Would I be better off and serve my readers better if I focused more on strictly Pagan issues?  (Oddly, I am…

With thanks to eagle-eyed Valerie, Paula Jean West has just been named the Pagan Travel Examiner at San Francisco’s Examiner.com.  Another step forward in our increasing respectabity!  Please pay her a visit.

Gambia’s sordid dictatorship  is conducting “witch hunts” and spreading fear throughout its territory.  This time it’s not being done in the name of religion, and it isn’t targeting children, but it’s still dreadful and murderous.   It is a bizarre and terrifying campaign, apparently sparked by the death of the dictator’s aunt.  He believed witchcraft…
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