Postcards from Palookaville

When I raised the 'celebrity pastor' issue a few years ago, my primary concern was the distasteful self-promotion and the cultivation of cults of personality which it seemed to involve. The first time that I caught serious flack for this was when I mentioned an incident where a group of European...

When I raised the 'celebrity pastor' issue a few years ago, my primary concern was the distasteful self-promotion and the cultivation of cults of personality which it seemed to involve. The first time that I caught serious flack for this was when I mentioned an incident where a group of European...

You know society is in trouble when the politicians start stooping so low that they begin to adopt practices akin to those of celebrity megachurch pastors in order to inflate their cultural share price. I knew politics was a dirty, desperate business. But that dirty and desperate? Oh dear. Oh dear...

You know society is in trouble when the politicians start stooping so low that they begin to adopt practices akin to those of celebrity megachurch pastors in order to inflate their cultural share price. I knew politics was a dirty, desperate business. But that dirty and desperate? Oh dear. Oh dear...

The Transadvocate reports another case of dastardly and unacceptable cisgender oppression. This time, a transgender person has been refused permission to compete as a woman at the Crossfit Games. In a letter apparently 'reeking of transphobia and cisgenderism' (but, to give them credit, not trans*...

The Transadvocate reports another case of dastardly and unacceptable cisgender oppression. This time, a transgender person has been refused permission to compete as a woman at the Crossfit Games. In a letter apparently 'reeking of transphobia and cisgenderism' (but, to give them credit, not trans*...

For those who think that the world of Reformed chick lit is by and large dominated by very nice ladies who write poetry (sort of), love children and have sweet thoughts about everything from cooking to husbands (the present Mrs T particularly struggles with that aspect of the genre), we know that...

For those who think that the world of Reformed chick lit is by and large dominated by very nice ladies who write poetry (sort of), love children and have sweet thoughts about everything from cooking to husbands (the present Mrs T particularly struggles with that aspect of the genre), we know that...

Todd has his work cut out at the moment. A number of very fine and helpful books have been published recently, so we must assume that the Witchfinder General will be canceling all leave for his pitchfork-wielding underlings in order to deal with the unusual workload. Jim Garretson's magisterial...

Todd has his work cut out at the moment. A number of very fine and helpful books have been published recently, so we must assume that the Witchfinder General will be canceling all leave for his pitchfork-wielding underlings in order to deal with the unusual workload. Jim Garretson's magisterial...