Hip Gnosis

The Little Priest
In a working class suburb of Buenos Aires, earnest piety faces off against the unthinking cruelty of adolescence, and loses.

The Fix
Why be a sad little white blob when you could be a happy little pink blob?

When We Fell In Love - Lorraine Adams
Our hands were firmly cimented/With a fast balme, which thence did spring,/Our eye-beames twisted, and did thred/Our eyes, upon a double string.

My Bat Mitzvaaahhh!
Sometimes your awesome Bat Mitzvah party kind of blows.

Faith Isn’t Stupid
A lot of people, especially scholars and intellectuals, seem to equate atheism with intelligence. So the question is: does having faith in God make you stupid?

A Thousand Words: Cousin. Nieces.

Comfort Words
An internal dialogue, a struggle with the self, and a moment of hushed joy.

The Mormon in Me and Other Stories
Reno J. Romero examines religion, old humping sessions, booze, and the irrational boneheaded (and glib) ways of Tom Cruise.

Lunch with Janeane Garofalo
Deconstructing Janeane Garofalo.

Shofar, So Fast
It's good to be a Jew in Brooklyn, New York. But. Is she? Or isn't she? It's a little like asking how many licks does it take the get to the Tootsie Roll center of a Tootsie Pop. The world may never know.

Leading the Blind

Civility In the Face of Bitterness
Thoughts on the effects of religious devotion on family ties when a daughter decides to leave the church.

Atheists Are the Niggers of the World
Atheists have plenty for which to thank God.

Lessons Learned in the Summer-Job Kitchen and Beyond
Jim Simpson imagines God as a Luddite. Or better yet, Anjelica Huston.

I Feel Sheepish Giving a Balloon Animal to a Little Black Child in Need of a Kidney Transplant
Pondering Gandhi, Zell Kravinsky, unsolicited kidney donation, modern morality, and the significance of doing insignificant things.

Fire and the Violence of Time

Introducing My Youngest Sister and the Tale of How She Survived Years of Being Stalked by Mormons