13 Nov, 2020
Where Will the Deplorables Go Now?
Donald Trump taught America a great lesson. He showed that this nation has a huge number of racist, sexist, jingoist, gay-hating...
13 Nov, 2020
1 Nov, 2020
Possible Election Headlines
Possible Election Headlines by James A. Haught 458 words Published in: Gulf Breeze News, Counterpunch, Westside Gazette, Sierra County Prospect,...
18 Oct, 2020
Will ‘Nones’ Bring a Progressive Future?
Someday, the coronavirus tragedy will be gone, wiped out by scientific vaccines. And Donald Trump will be just an unpleasant memory, an absurd reminder of what can happen when bigotry contaminates democracy.
12 Oct, 2020
Trust Science
Long ago, I concluded that no reliable evidence supports gods, devils, heavens, hells, miracles, prophecies and other supernatural stuff of religion. Those magic claims simply arise from the human imagination, I assume. Instead, I chose to trust the honest search of science to explain ultimate mysteries of existence.
27 Sep, 2020
Babbling in ‘Tongues’
“President Trump’s nomination of Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court may rouse debate over the dubious Christian practice of...
13 Sep, 2020
Watching Religion Die
“Religion is fading more quickly in the United States than in any other nation, according to a forthcoming research book.”...
5 Sep, 2020
America’s Ugly Flaw
“Sometimes it seems like we live in a huge loony bin where things make no sense…” James A. Haught Published...
12 Aug, 2020
White Christian Bigotry
“Racism is much stronger among America’s white Christians than among churchless whites – and it always has been…” James A....
5 Aug, 2020
The Pandemic Disproves God
“Vice President Mike Pence, a renowned born-again fundamentalist, takes the podium as leader of America’s task force on the Corona...
25 Jul, 2020
My prayer
“Barely three months from now, the 2020 election may reveal whether America’s white evangelical “religious right” finally is losing political...
25 Jun, 2020
Conservatives lose – and lose – and lose
“This month’s Supreme Court decree that gays cannot be fired from jobs simply because they’re gay is a solid blow...
29 Feb, 2020
Problems with Bible classes
“Here in Appalachia’s Bible Belt, conservatives in the Legislature want to force all West Virginia public high schools to teach...
12 Feb, 2020
Megachurch Mess
“Billionaire media mogul Oprah Winfrey helped create a four-season television series – “Greenleaf” – about a black megachurch where worshipers...
14 Jan, 2020
Baby Dinosaurs on Noah’s Ark
“In violation of the separation of church and state, American tax dollars are funneled to fundamentalist private schools teaching crackpot...
6 Jan, 2020
GOP Albatross
“Every schoolchild knows that the Ancient Mariner was forced to wear a dead albatross around his neck. I think America’s...