The No Kool-Aid Zone Blog
I Don't Drink The Kool-Aid. For Anybody.
The “religious right” is a semi-pejorative term coined many years ago, undoubtedly by someone who was not a “member” of the “religious right”. I don’t remember ever hearing one of its icons, Dobson, Falwell, Robertson, et al, ever using the term of themselves. And an article I read some time back points to the truth…
Read MoreIn the restaurant recently, I overheard a conversation between a gentleman I took to be a pastor, and another fellow I couldn’t as easily place. But the pastor, in the brief snippet I overheard, was explaining the number of financial commitments that the church had to things like building maintenance, heating and cooling, mortgage, and…
Read More“It isn’t easy”, said America’s favorite amphibian, “being green”. I suppose Kermit would know; having never been in that position, it’s hard for me to render a judgment. But it is certainly quite easy to be a political liberal these days—being a conservative is a much more difficult task. Allow me to elucidate the truth…
Read MoreI want to do a few “Best of the No Kool Aid Zone” posts. First, some funny stuff: My favorite YouTube Video of all time, I think: Counseling Techniques Guaranteed to Work, posted December 2, 2008 My favorite funny metaphors, posted August 27, 2008: Unfortunate Metaphors My favorite funny piece that wasn’t supposed to be…
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