Author: Mark Draughn
Whose Freedom of Religion?
Members of the religious right sometimes complain that Christians like themselves are losing their religious freedom. In my experience, those complaining loudest are all too often deploring the loss of “rights” such as the right to have government-paid teachers force children to recite prayers, or the right to force everyone else in the country to… Read more
The End of the Harry Potter Series
[Be sure to read the comments: I wrote the first few of these here, but a lot of people have contributed some truly funny endings.] The end of the Harry Potter series, as written by Mario Puzo (The Godfather) : Replacing the fallen Dumbledore as head of Hogwarts, Professor Minerva McGonagall proves to have balls… Read more
John From Cincinnati – Review
John From Cincinnati is all about angry stupid people. But not uninteresting angry stupid people. The show was created by David Milch, co creater of NYPD Blue and Deadwood. Set in the California surfing town of Imperial Beach, the show is in some sense a family drama, revolving around the spectacularly dysfunctional Yost family and… Read more
More Lies About Terrorism and Drugs
The Drug Czar’s blog, Pushing Back, links aprovingly to a story in the Record Searchlight of Redding, California: The nation’s top anti-drug official said people need to overcome their “reefer blindness” and see that illicit marijuana gardens are a terrorist threat to the public’s health and safety, as well as to the environment. John P.… Read more
What I Learned About Cops and Lawyers
It’s time to tell you how my traffic ticket saga ends. First, however, I should tell you how it started. About a month ago, I was driving on a local expressway when I entered an area with some construction off to the side of the road. At about the same time, I came up behind… Read more