Postcards from Palookaville

Del, you need to remember that Lawrence of Arabia lost the entire first draft of `Seven Pillars of Wisdom' when he left it at Reading Station. Compared to that literary tragedy, 15 chapters of `Great Achievements of the Welsh Nation' is hardly a loss -- just look at it as one less book to stick in...

Del, you need to remember that Lawrence of Arabia lost the entire first draft of `Seven Pillars of Wisdom' when he left it at Reading Station. Compared to that literary tragedy, 15 chapters of `Great Achievements of the Welsh Nation' is hardly a loss -- just look at it as one less book to stick in...

The People Against Irony Network wish to apologise for the offensive nature of the acronym of their old name. They had not spotted the irony. They wish to stress that they did not wish to imply that humourless, non-ironic self-importance was a monoply of Lutheranism but is actually found in all...

The People Against Irony Network wish to apologise for the offensive nature of the acronym of their old name. They had not spotted the irony. They wish to stress that they did not wish to imply that humourless, non-ironic self-importance was a monoply of Lutheranism but is actually found in all...

As the seconds count down to Tony Pinnochio's deadline, I find my hope of rescue fading. Seems the establishment at Ref21 have caved in to the vigorous campaign of the Association of Sensibly Sound People Against Irony Network to get rid of all wit and humour from the blog. The bullet in the brain...

As the seconds count down to Tony Pinnochio's deadline, I find my hope of rescue fading. Seems the establishment at Ref21 have caved in to the vigorous campaign of the Association of Sensibly Sound People Against Irony Network to get rid of all wit and humour from the blog. The bullet in the brain...

Just over a decade ago, the big surprise in American evangelicalism was the sudden popularity of Calvinistic theology captured by Collin Hansen’s memorable phrase, ‘young, restless, and Reformed.’ More recently, another unexpected trend has emerged – an interest in classical theism, Nicene...

Lesbian feminists with a penchant for Nietzsche, Freud, and DeSade are not typically my type. Nevertheless, I fell in love with one in 1993 and have never quite recovered. I was then (as now) a happily married man and nothing untoward actually happened. But when I purchased a copy of Camille Paglia...

While Nacho Libre and Captain Windmill slug it out about baptism on the blog in what looks likely to be a sacramental battle of Homeric proportions, as if by magic the Ref Pack address the same broad issue on this week's podcast . Last time we did this, we found ourselves listed among the Reformed...

While Nacho Libre and Captain Windmill slug it out about baptism on the blog in what looks likely to be a sacramental battle of Homeric proportions, as if by magic the Ref Pack address the same broad issue on this week's podcast . Last time we did this, we found ourselves listed among the Reformed...