At the same time, we get the blame for permitting Jews to emigrate there. (View Post)

It's "Imagine" as a manifesto. If I want moral lessons, they certainly won't be coming from John Lennon. (View Post)

She-bears devouring children for mocking Elijah's baldness and whacking Babylonian babies' heads off cliffs is simply a lot more fun. (View Post)

Evangelicals know that he is a pagan. But, they see him as King David, Cyrus, or Constantine, a pagan who is prepared to favour the righteous. (View Post)

Joe Abercrombie summed it up well in The Heroes. One character asks the wizard Bayaz why he does not use magic in war. He explains that magic is difficult, requiring things to act in ways that are no… (View Post)