by drmontyknight | Apr 5, 2012 | Religion, Culture, and Politics
The Reverend Barry Lynn, Executive Director of Americans United for the Separation of Church and State (AU) will speak in Charleston on Sunday, April 15, at 5 P.M. at the Circular Congregational Church, 150 Meeting Street. A question and answer session will follow Mr....
by drmontyknight | Feb 23, 2012 | Religion, Culture, and Politics, Uncategorized
With the February birthdays of both–arguably, our nation’s two greatest Presidents–Washington and Lincoln conflated into a national holiday this past Monday, I found a column by a Charleston (SC) Post and Courier pundit, published that same day,...
by drmontyknight | Jan 11, 2012 | Religion, Culture, and Politics
I recently attended a gathering at which an evolutionary biologist, a distinguished professor at South Carolina’s flagship university, offered his observations and answered questions from the audience following a video presentation sponsored by the National...
by drmontyknight | Dec 8, 2011 | Religion, Culture, and Politics
In the interest of full disclosure (in case you hadn’t noticed), I know as much about economics as I know about solid state physics, open heart surgery, how to construct the Arthur Ravenel Bridge and many other matters as well. So when the opportunity presents...
by drmontyknight | Oct 14, 2011 | Religion, Culture, and Politics
If you’ve paid any attention to the rhetoric of the Religious/Political Right these days, you’re likely aware that one of the several targets these folk have in their sights is the teaching of evolution in our public schools. Whether one should consider...
by drmontyknight | Sep 9, 2011 | Religion, Culture, and Politics
I often hear it claimed that formal education is a “right.” If, however, one seldom reads a book, how is that so? That’s like calling health care a “right,” even if one smokes two packs a day or eats as much junk food as I do. In fact, a...
