Monthly Archives: January 2013
Late Thursday Links
– Remember Tawana Brawley? One of the men she falsely accused of rape back in 1987 might finally get some money out of her. – North Dakota lawmakers are considering several bills that would severely limit access to abortion in … Continue reading
Late Wednesday Links
– In Texas, public school students are learning that the Earth is 6,000 years old, that all races can be traced back to the sons of Noah, and that the Bible is the inerrant word of God. I think there … Continue reading
Rand Paul Doesn’t “Understand” Gay Marriage. What’s To Understand?
Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) gave an interview to Bryan Fischer of the American Family Association today, and, seeing as this is the same Bryan Fischer who thinks that pedophiles will take over the Boy Scouts if the group’s ban on … Continue reading
Late Tuesday/Early Wednesday Links
– 5 Shocking Ways the Christian Right Has Forced the Bible into America’s Schools. – An aide to Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi has claimed that the Holocaust was a hoax, and that the 6 million Jews who perished actually moved … Continue reading
Late Thursday Links
– 5 Staples of the Legal System That Statistics Say Don’t Work – Objectivist Leonard Peikoff on abortion rights. A snippet: “That which lives within the body of another can claim no right against its host. Rights belong only to individuals, … Continue reading
Does the Aaron Swartz Case Present a Dilemma for Libertarians?
Does the Aaron Swartz case present a dilemma for libertarians? That’s what Gareth Price argues at the Huffington Post. According to Price, libertarians will be torn between supporting Swartz for wanting to liberate information, and condemning him for stealing. Price makes two important errors, … Continue reading
Wednesday Links
– Louisiana state legislator doesn’t understand how evolution works. – “This is not the way that a country that…values democracy and human rights should really be behaving.” – Alex Jones claims that the government is turning kids gay through their juice … Continue reading
Atheists vs. Cajun Cuisine, and The State Against All
Imagine you own a restaurant, and that as a dedicated patron of the performance arts you decide to give a discount to customers who come in with a program from a play, musical or opera. Nothing wrong with that, right? … Continue reading
Welcome!
Welcome to my blog! First things first, I did not come up with the name “Lucifer the Light-Bearer.” I took it from the name of a journal published by the anarchist Moses Harman from 1883 to 1907. In its pages, Harman and … Continue reading
Lucifer the Light-Bearer 