The Banter Long Read: As a militant atheist, I generally don't keep my rock bottom opinion of religion to myself. I do, however, reserve most of my criticism for the religious right because they're not just everything wrong with religion, they dial it up to 11. They're so ...read more

• By Justin Rosario
  Nov 9, 2018

As Saint Bernard of Clairvaux said in 1150, "the road to hell is paved with good intentions,". Or in the age of Trump, the road to hell is paved with selling out every one of your core beliefs in the name of banning abortion and sticking it to liberals. White, evangelical ...read more

• By Ben Cohen
  Jan 24, 2018

Dammit, I really hate it when my most cynical estimations of the American public are proven true. A couple of days ago we mentioned here how the mayor of Paris was planning to sue Fox News because the network incorrectly, ludicrously claimed that parts of Paris and the U.K. ...read more

• By Chez Pazienza
  Nov 9, 2018