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C
o l u m n i s t P a g e
MEL SEESHOLTZ
Mel Seesholtz, Ph.D., is a Professor of
English at Pennsylvania State University. He also teaches in the
American Studies and Science, Technology, and Society programs at PSU.
Contact Mel:
mcs2@psu.edu
The Lame Excuse Game:
Everyone's a Loser (09-10-07)
Dogmatists Seethe,
Spirituality Betrayed (08-23-07)
'Ex-Gay Therapy' Leaders
Confess to the Scam (08-23-07)
Logocide and the Christianist Lexi-Con
(06-30-07)
It's All in the Headlines...
(06-30-07)
Litigating Shadenfreude for the Christianist Right (06-06-07)
Polluting Politics, Perverting Religion, Degutting Education: Dark
Agenda of... (05-29-07)
Jerry Falwell: Reaping What He
Sowed (05-29-07)
The Campaign to Kill
the Matthew Shepard Act (05-16-07)
Ride the Ark with Noah and
Tyrannosaurus Rex (05-02-07)
Seeking Dominion Over
All, by Any Means Necessary (04-17-07)
Hypocrites and Frauds
Must Ignore George Santayana (04-09-07)
Civil Unions, Civil
Rights, and Genetic Cleansing (03-23-07)
The Hypocritical
Christian Right is being 'Left Behind'
(03-19-07)
Ann Coulter on Global Warming
and Faggots (03-19-07)
The Wisdom of Youth
(02-20-07)
Ted Haggard and the S.S.A.D.
'Ex-Gay'
Fraud (02-20-07)
Rush Limbaugh for the
Nobel Peace Prize? (02-08-07)
The Case of Donnie Davies and
'God Hates Fags' (02-08-07)
Using Religion to
Justify Discrimination (01-22-07)
Whining GOPhers and a
Loose Cannon President (01-15-07)
The Three B's: Bush, Brownback
and Benedict (01-15-07)
Satan, Soy and...
Shrinking Penises? (12-18-06)
Galileo and
Gays: Credibility Lost, Yet Again (12-18-06)
The Evangelical
Campaign Against Reality (12-01-06)
Bound and Determined
to Discriminate (11-23-06)
Election 2006: Did Anything
Really Change? (11-23-06)
'Come Senators, Congressmen, Please
Heed the Call...' (11-14-06)
Another
Hypocrite Exposed: The Ted Haggard Saga (11-06-06)
When
Words Frighten: Wal-Mart and the New Jersey Supreme Court
(10-30-06)
When Prostitution is Called 'A Marriage
of Convenience' (10-24-06)
The New Exodus From Oppression
(10-23-06)
As the November
Elections Near... (10-03-06)
Another Twist on the
Twisted Attack on U.S. Colleges
(09-22-06)
A Tale of Two Groups
(09-15-06)
Impaled on the Horns
of the Devil (08-29-06)
The Apologist Exposes
the Religious Right (08-21-06)
'New Vision', Old
Bigotry, and the Most Vile Accusation Yet (08-15-06)
'Dr. Dino' Confronts the IRS,
at Taxpayers' Expense
(08-04-06)
When Values Are
Valueless (07-28-06)
The American
Theocracy's New Symbol (07-25-06)
Freedom of Speech is
Precious—But
Some Isn't (07-16-06)
"Monthly Man": The
Pro-Equality Therapy (07-06-06)
Beware Mephistopheles
in Lotus Position (06-26-06)
Patrick Henry Would
Not Be Amused (06-22-06)
The Christian Right
and G.W. Bush in Plato's Cave (06-06-06)
A Fictitious War and the RAP:
Revving-Up the Zealots, Throttling Education (06-05-06)
The Marriage Protection
Amendment: R.I.P., 6-6-6 (05-26-06)
The Da Vinci Code
Furor: Makes You Think (05-19-06)
The Three D's: Dogma,
Discrimination and Death (05-15-06)
The Marriage Protection
Amendment and Other Serious Silly Things (05-08-06)
Bad for Business and
Education, Good for Kraft Foods and Rabbi Yoffie
(05-01-06)
Freedom From
Religion in the Year 2006 of the Common Era (04-24-06)
Who Are Today's True
'Sodomites'? (04-18-06)
The Real 'Obscenities' in
the Media (04-10-06)
It's Their Way or No Way, in Religion
and Education (04-09-06)
Making a Mockery of
'Diversity' and 'Academic Freedom'
(03-29-06)
Phony Values, Ignorance and
Bigotry vs. Men of Genuine Principles (03-20-06)
Homophobia and
Intellectual Constipation: Easter Eggs and Equality Riders
(03-17-06)
"Dr. Dino," Capital
Crimes, and Catholic Pizza (03-15-06)
'Sincerely Yours':
Samuel Alito's Letter to James Dobson (03-09-06)
Playing Victim While
Victimizing Gays and Children (03-06-06)
High Tea: Sounds
Good, But May Not Be... (02-27-06)
Medical Advice With
Mixed Messages: Part III (02-21-06)
Medical Advice With Mixed Messages: Part II
(02-20-06)
Medical Advice With Mixed Messages: Part I
(02-14-06)
Stupid Statements, Oxymorons
and Humor from the Hotline (02-06-06)
Don't Ask, Never Tell vs. Civil Rights and
Brokeback Mountain (01-30-06)
The Christian Right's Hot Air Filled Lead Boycott
Balloons (01-24-06)
Humor and the Christian Right, In All Seriousness
(01-18-06)
Hypocrisy and the Christian Right
(01-12-06)
Part II: The Evangelical Christian Right's
Pathological Attack on America (01-04-06)
George W. Bush's Pathological Attack on America: Part
I (12-23-05)
Means and Ends, and Mean Ends: Ford and
It's Not Gay
(12-12-05)
Lights Out: Time for the New Dark Ages
(12-06-05)
Science vs. Politics
and Religion: The "Ex-Gay" Sham (11-30-05)
The Devolution of Intelligent Design
(11-15-05)
There Comes A Time... (11-04-05)
"Repent, America!" Screech the Theofascists
(10-18-05)
The Bunker Mentality: "The Babe" and the Catholic
Church
(10-11-05)
"I Pledge Allegiance To..." (09-19-05)
Yoga, Wicked Infants, Evil Equality,
Good Torture and Arnold (09-14-05)
Fundamental Questions For Fundamentalists
(09-09-05)
Katrina and Religion
(09-07-05)
Creationism, "God" and Marion Gordon
"Pat" Robertson (08-29-05)
Injustice Sunday II: Sweet-n-Sour
Neo-Cons (08-24-05)
Is This a "Moral" Man?
(08-12-05)
Of Biblical Proportions: Hate, Wrath
& Malice Aforethought (08-09-05)
Persecuted Victimizers, Kids and
SpongeBob (08-01-05)
H.R. 3128 and the Golden Rule
(07-25-05)
Murder, Torture, Women, and Justice
Sunday II (07-18-05)
Religion, Politics, and Death by Stoning
(07-15-05)
Diversity, Academic Freedom and Conservative T-Shirts
(07-11-05)
After Sandra Day O'Connor (07-06-05)
Equality Won in Canada and Spain
(07-04-05)
Death by Bush and Fruit Flies
(06-27-05)
Prescription for Disaster
(06-22-05)
Crimes Against Humanity
(06-16-05)
The Christian Right on Cats, Condoms
and Charles Taylor (06-14-05)
Greed and God, SCOTUS and Pot, Bush
and the Porn Star (06-09-05)
Charles C. Boycott and America's Christian
Right (06-06-05)
Originalists, Federalism, and Scott J. Bloch
(05-30-05)
Why is America Still "A Nation of
Victims"? (05-23-05)
Conspiracy Theories and Rovian Strategies
(05-19-05)
Pat Robertson, Infidels, and Luke 18:22
(05-09-05)
Bull's Eye: Targeted by the Christian Right
(05-04-05)
New Pope, Old Name,
Same Attitudes
(04-27-05)
Theocracy 101 (04-21-05)
Lying and Hate
Are Not Traditional Values (04-17-05)
An Introduction to American StupidSpeak
(04-06-05)
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