Harrisburg, Pennsylvania is in some economic trouble: According to a recent analysis from the state’s Department of Community and Economic Development, Harrisburg is likely to end the year with a nearly $3.5 million deficit in its $58 million budget, and things are only expected to get worse. By 2015, the deficit is likely to be $10.4 million, which will eat up about 16 percent of the city’s general fund budget. … “The City of Harrisburg is facing a direct, immediate… Read more
I know, I know… you all watch the Daytime Emmy Awards like you watch the Miss USA Pageant… but that never stops us from discussing these things, right? Unlike most of the Miss USA contestants, here’s someone who has a brain! And acting chops to go with it. Scott Clifton is know online for his TheoreticalBullshit videos… … and he’s known in the soap opera world as Liam Cooper on The Bold and the Beautiful. For that role, he won… Read more
It’s a bad idea to treat symbols as if they are the real things. It’s silly to think anyone could “desecrate” a cracker… unless you’re a Catholic who foolishly believes a consecrated communion wafer actually contains the body of Christ. It’s crazy that some Christians would rather die than see a random, generic Bible get destroyed because one book shouldn’t be a stand in for everything you believe and value. It’s incredible, then, that anyone would make a big deal… Read more
Every now and then the Washington Post’s On Faith column asks a ridiculously easy question… The Book of Mormon, a satirical musical by Trey Parker and Matt Stone, the creators of South Park, won nine Tony awards [last] Sunday night. Parker and Stone are known as equal-opportunity offenders when it comes to mocking religion, but for some Mormons the irreverent musical, bearing the name of their holy text, crossed a line. Is faith funny? When it comes to religion, where’s… Read more
