And the Oscar goes to…
By Eric Zorn
Posted June 9, 2022 in the Picayune Sentinel: I plan periodically to nominate pols for Oscar Rogers Awards. Rogers is a “financial expert” played by...
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Tuesday Old-Time Jam Master Tune List
By Eric Zorn
Last updated 3/25/2020 Tuesday night open jam at Chicago’s Old Town School of Folk Music archived tune list. If you have links to better or...
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No graven images and other reflections on morality
By Eric Zorn
I delivered this speech to the Freedom From Religion Foundation's annual convention in 2001 Mayor Richard M. Daley of my hometown of Chicago is not...
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The Rhubarb Patch: God and the problem of evil
By Eric Zorn
Mystery novelist William F. Love and I have corresponded off and on over the years about many topics, most often religion. Below is a correspondence...
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Why I call the “Golden Moutza” the “Eat Shit” award.
By Eric Zorn
“In the Greek-speaking world, there is another obscene gesture — the moutza — which takes on the the role of the taboo obscenity. The moutza is performed by pushing an...
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