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Image of the Day 8-28-15 — He is Risen
Posted: August 27, 2015 in Humor, Religion, Science FictionTags: Daleks, Jesus
Review: The Moon and the Other, by John Kessell
Posted: September 28, 2017 in Book Reviews, Politics, Science FictionTags: Biological determinism, Identity Politics, John Kessell, Matriarchy, The Moon and the Other
(The Moon and the Other, by John Kessell. New York: Saga Press, 596 pp. $27.99) reviewed by Zeke Teflon To understand The Moon and the Other, it’s helpful to be familiar with the reformist political current called identity politics. In the U.S., it’s been all the rage over the last few decades among liberals, especially among […]
Best Blog Posts 2015 (Atheism & Religion)
Posted: March 20, 2016 in Atheism, Book Reviews, Christianity, Humor, Islam, Livin' in the USA, ReligionTags: Pascal's Wager, Prosperity Gospel, Richard Dawkins, Salman Rushdie, taxes, The Satanic Temple
We started this blog in July 2013. Since then, we’ve been posting almost daily. When considering the popularity of the posts, one thing stands out: in all but a few cases, popularity declines over time. As well, the readership of this blog has expanded gradually over time, so most readers have never seen what we consider […]
To Hell Yeah! and Back with Molly Hatchet
Posted: June 30, 2015 in Livin' in the USA, MusicTags: Al Perry, Molly Hatchet, Southern Rock
Our good friend and well known alt-country player Al Perry–composer of “The Only Thing That Hurts Now Is The Pain”–is finally launching his web site. It’ll be up within a few days, and we’ll let you know as soon as it is. It’ll feature videos, a store, Al’s artwork, Al’s writing, and a calendar […]
Best Religious Mockery Posts
Posted: September 30, 2019 in Catholicism, Christianity, Evangelicals, Humor, Islam, Jokes, Mormonism, ReligionTags: Ambrose Bierce, Anatole France, Anti-Semitism, Arrogance, Atheist, Bobcat Goldthwait, Book of Mormon, Catholicism, David Pedreira, Dogspell, Exodus, Fundamentalist, God, God's plan, Ham, Hell, Holy Trinity, Islamophobia, Jukebox Jihad, Life, McCarthyism, Mick Farren, Miracle, Moral, Mr. Robot, Mystic, One nation under god, Pascal's Wager, Piety, Prayer, Priest, Reality, Ricky Gervais, Rodney Dangerfield, Spiritual, Washed in the blood, Whovians, Worship, Yahweh
We hit 100,000 views last week, and we’re using that as an excuse to list the best posts we’ve published, divided by category. Part 1 covered Addictions, Anarchism, Atheism, Baseball, and Capitalism; Part 2 covered Civil Liberties, Economics, Gardening, Interviews, and Journalism; and Part 3 covered jokes. Since there are well over 500 posts in […]
Our First 1,000 Posts — Best Science Fiction Posts
Posted: September 15, 2016 in Anarchist science fiction, Book Reviews, Movie Reviews, Science FictionTags: Andy Weir, Ann Leckie, Ben Bova, C.J. Sansom, Charles Stross, Cory Doctorow, David Brin, George Takei, George Turner, Iain M. Banks, James P. Hogan, Ken Macleod, Kim Stanley Robinson, Mick Farren, Neal Stephenson, Nick Whates, Norman Spinrad, Paolo Bacigalupi, Philip Wylie, robert j sawyer, Robert Silverberg, Terry Bisson, Yevgeny Zamyatin
Sharp and Pointed has been around for just over three years, and we’ve put up just over 1,000 posts — this is number 1,001 — in 37 categories. Coincidentally, we reached 30,000 hits yesterday. Science fiction is probably our most popular category, and we’ve put up nearly 100 sci-fi posts. Here, in no particular order, are those we […]
Best Blog posts 2015 (Humor)
Posted: March 18, 2016 in Humor, ReligionTags: Baseball, Eric Wong, Homeopathy, Lee Elia, Mick Berry, Pascal's Wager, Solipsism, Stand-up comics, Yogi Berra
We started this blog in July 2013. Since then, we’ve been posting almost daily. When considering the popularity of the posts, one thing stands out: in all but a few cases, popularity declines over time. As well, the readership of this blog has expanded gradually over time, so most readers have never seen what we consider […]
Best Blog Posts 2015 (Science, Skepticism & Science Fiction)
Posted: March 16, 2016 in Science, Science Fiction, SkepticismTags: Andy Weir, C.J. Samson, Daleks, Definition of Science, Dominion, George Turner, Homeopathy, Intrusion, Ken Macleod, Neal Stephenson, Paolo Bacigalupi, Robert Silverberg, Scientific Method, Seveneves, The Martian, The Water Knife, We Yevgeny Zamyatin
We started this blog in July 2013. Since then, we’ve been posting almost daily. When considering the popularity of the posts, one thing stands out: in all but a few cases, popularity declines over time. As well, the readership of this blog has expanded gradually over time, so most readers have never seen what we consider […]
Does “Street Feeding” really keep people homeless?
Posted: March 6, 2017 in Livin' in the USA, PoliticsTags: Food Not Bombs, Ft. Lauderdale, Homelessness, Hunger, Keith McHenry, Phoenix, Robert Mabut, San Antonio, Santa Cruz, St. Petersburg, Tampa Bay Times
by Keith McHenry, author of Hungry for Peace Even though I have shared meals with the hungry for over 35 years, in a time of ever-rising profit and productivity, the numbers of the hungry and homeless have risen, not fallen, over that time. In many of our cities, it feels as if we’re still living […]
Interview with Venezuelan Anarchist Juan Pablo Nuñez (in English)
Posted: June 5, 2016 in Anarchism, InterviewsTags: Anarchism, Anarcho-punks, El Libertario, Juan Pablo Nuñez, Maracaibo, Pietro Casati Kuyath, Punk music, Rodolfo Montes de Oca, Venezuela
Our friends at Crónicas Negras have been running a series of interviews with their fellow Venezuelan anarchists. Here’s the latest. _________________ “The Venezuelan state is approving the biggest eco-suicide known in our entire history and the Boliarvian government is complicit” Interview with Juan Pablo Núñez from Maracaibo. Interviewer Rodolfo Montes de Oca (http://rodolfomontesdeoca.contrapoder.org.ve/) […]