There is an interesting development on drug policy that will pose an interesting conundrum for some of the advocates of states’ rights. What is the states’ rights movement? States’ rights in U.S. politics and constitutional law refers to the rights and political powers that U.S. states possess in relation to the federal government, as guaranteed […]
On the GOP and Jackie Robinson
From the GOP.com website: In 1947, Jackie Robinson became the first African-American to play major league baseball in the United States, as a first baseman for the Brooklyn Dodgers. Not only was he a great athlete, Jackie Robinson was also a great Republican. He campaigned for Richard Nixon’s presidential campaign in 1960 and then supported […]
Those who can’t criticize
Every pastor that Father Orthoduck knows is aware of the phenomenon in the comic above. For every pastor has the opposite of the cheering squad sitting in one’s church. These are the people who are convinced that they could do it better, but won’t try. And, Father Orthoduck suspects that they won’t try simply because […]
Marge Simpson, we hardly knew ye
As Father Orthoduck has mentioned, the early feminist movement was completely against Playboy magazine, and was against pornography. So, how did it become acceptable for women to declare themselves feminist precisely by posing for Playboy? Yesterday Father Orthoduck pointed out that the answer is similar to and in parallel to what happened to the Radical […]
On the current political debates
Marge Simpson, she sure could!
On Saturday Father Orthoduck quoted from Gloria Steinem, when she said: Pornography is about dominance. Erotica is about mutuality. On Saturday’s post Father Orthoduck pointed out that she had also commented that: A woman reading Playboy feels a little like a Jew reading a Nazi manual. So, how did the feminist movement go from the […]
Marge Simpson how could you!
The trend toward feminism being defined as the freedom to do that which would be seen as not-feminism when the movement started continues apace: Marge Simpson has gone where no animated character has gone before – on the cover of Playboy magazine. As part of The Simpsons’ 20th anniversary shenanigans, Marge has been honored with […]
Sell your soul for a loan
Father Orthodox read the following article on Russia Today: You sign a piece of paper and get 80 to 800 US dollars for just that. Only the small print says, for this much easy money you pawn your eternal soul. A financial company named “Kontora” in the Latvian capital Riga offers every adult citizen loans […]
On Marines
Next month is the anniversary of the founding of the Marines in the USA. On 10 November 1775, Captain Samuel Nicholas formed two battalions of Continental Marines in Philadelphia as naval infantry. So, Father Orthoduck cannot resist in mentioning what he has heard. He was told that it is indeed true that the Marine Corps […]
On the (supposed) hemp conspiracy
Father Orthoduck wishes to complete the post from yesterday and report on the supposed conspiracy to outlaw hemp in the United States back in the 1930’s. Here is how the conspiracy claim goes: In the late 1920’s and 1930’s Henry Ford and other U.S. companies were developing a wide variety of synthetic products from renewable […]
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