Satire

‘Twas the Week Before Finals

'Twas the week before finals and all through the school All the students were panicked and losing their cool. The deadlines flew by because no one would heed The dates in the syllabus no one would read. The children were buried nose-deep in their...

“Julius Excluded from Heaven”

Pope Julius II: "If you don't hurry up and open the gates, I'll unleash my thunderbolt of excommunication with which I used to terrify great kings on earth and their kingdoms too. You see, I've already got a bull prepared for the occasion."/ St. Peter: "Just tell me, please,...

What If the Mainstream Media Interviewed Jesus?

Editor's Note: Recently, ABC News anchor David Muir sat down with the Lord Jesus Christ for His first interview since He ascended to His Heavenly throne. David Muir: It's an honor for me to be here...

On Welcoming Grays into the Church

Editor's Note: Guest essayist, Duane Mandible is a contributing editor to The Truth Hurts, a bi-monthly journal of politics, economics and opinion. He also contributes regularly to Freedom Monthly; Illuminations and The Sojourner. Duane is the author of Guns and Knives will Save...

The Lost Works of Diogenes Booth, America’s First Conservative

Diogenes Booth The recent discovery of the works of previously unknown Irish-American philosopher, political essayist, actor, and musician Diogenes Booth has stunned the academic world. Among these are a brief autobiography, an extended...

Reflections on the Revolution in Motown

Oh! What a Revolution! And what a heart I must have to contemplate without emotion that elevation and that fall!  —Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France On the 20th...