 A Simple List of Political Rules There are four central tenets of modern politics that everyone should understand, but few people do. |  It's Not Heaven Unless Someone is in Hell What is the point of heavenly bliss if you cannot see the eternal torment of all those unbelievers? |  Modern Rules of Politics The game of American politics depends on several key players: the depravity of Republicans, the ineptitude of Democrats, the complicity of corporate-owned media and the stupidity of the voters. |
 Uncomfortable Questions for Comfortable Ufologists Ufology is a religion with its own high priests, collected works with extensive commentary, and adherents from all walks of life. |  Why I Won't Be Seeing ‘The Hobbit’ This movie will suck and terribly. Save your money people. Donate $20 to the Tolkien Foundation instead. |  When We Take Our Violence to the Stars We will not only take our dreams and hopes to the heavens, but also our violent, vindictive and consuming passions. |
 A Few Questions for the Intelligent Design Crowd If we are intelligently designed, then our very structure should be so fundamentally different from anything else on Earth. But it's not. |  10: Things Change and Then They Don't September 11 really has changed everything. For the worse. |  There's No Upside to This Anger We don't have anger in this country. We have hatred that's being stoked in coded language and outright lies. |
 A Most Wretched Hive of Scum and Villainy Believe it or not, I’m having a hard time figuring out who is worse in this debt-limit farce: Republicans, Democrats or voters. |  Harry Potter as Jesus Christ Now that the final Harry Potter movie has been released, this means author J.K. Rowling's fourteen-reign of terror has finally ended. |  Blame It's an uncomfortable thing for Westerners to admit this, but there is no Christian equivalent of al-Qaeda. |