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Frank J. Ranelli is an independent scholar, skeptic and critic, author and essayist. His erudite and iconoclastic style of provocative writing has been extensively published in a variety of news outlets and across the Internet. These include the Naples Daily News, The Online Journal, Information Clearing House, Alternet, The Smirking Chimp, and the former progressive journal of thought, Wicked Philosophy.
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Wednesday, February 17, 2010 at 2:16:39 PM
Article : "Christians Helped Bring Down Rome, Fundamentalists Helping t"
Religious accretion and the inevitable failure of a nation.
Friday, October 17, 2008 at 12:28:58 PM
Diary : "Progressive Use of Cease & Desist Letters"
Full and total disclosure
Friday, October 17, 2008 at 3:25:07 AM
Article : "What If God Loses the Election?"
Educate, not offend.
Thursday, October 16, 2008 at 12:19:15 PM
Article : "What If God Loses the Election?"
Lies of the world?
Wednesday, October 15, 2008 at 4:46:54 PM
Article : "What If God Loses the Election?"
Thank you, A little more info to cogitate.
Wednesday, October 15, 2008 at 11:35:38 AM
Article : "What If God Loses the Election?"
Authoritarians and their God
Wednesday, October 8, 2008 at 2:45:01 AM
Article : "What I Learned At The Sarah Palin Rally Before They Threw Me"
Pedantry and peccadilloes
Tuesday, October 7, 2008 at 4:02:06 AM
Article : "What I Learned At The Sarah Palin Rally Before They Threw Me"
An addendum to remember...
Tuesday, October 7, 2008 at 3:51:02 AM
Article : "What I Learned At The Sarah Palin Rally Before They Threw Me"
Drawing No Quarter on Palin!
Tuesday, October 7, 2008 at 2:47:24 AM
Article : "Has Deregulation Sired Fascism?"
Freedom is Slavery
Tuesday, October 7, 2008 at 2:29:26 AM
Article : "The End of American Hegemony"
Reagan Legacy Debunked
Saturday, October 4, 2008 at 7:28:05 PM
Article : "Palin Delivers during VP Debate (And We All Saw It.)"
Feigned shock. Ghastly surprise. Flummoxed.
Saturday, October 4, 2008 at 11:58:41 AM
Article : "Palin Delivers during VP Debate (And We All Saw It.)"
Time for a reality check, my friend.
Friday, October 3, 2008 at 7:24:21 AM
Article : "Palin Delivers during VP Debate (And We All Saw It.)"
"Delivered", not "Won"
Friday, October 3, 2008 at 2:36:30 AM
Article : "Why Palin Will Win the VP Debate"
No Comfort
Thursday, October 2, 2008 at 2:07:57 AM
Article : "Why Palin Will Win the VP Debate"
Cognitive Dissonance
Wednesday, October 1, 2008 at 12:25:20 PM
Article : "Why Palin Will Win the VP Debate"
Relax!
Sunday, September 21, 2008 at 4:38:11 PM
Article : "A Resounding Bottom Up NO on the Bailout-- From the Entire P"
Socialism or Suicide?
Saturday, September 13, 2008 at 4:54:13 PM
Article : "Confessions of a Christian Political Lunatic"
Anthony,
Saturday, September 13, 2008 at 4:53:29 AM
Article : "Confessions of a Christian Political Lunatic"
A noble editorial!
Saturday, September 6, 2008 at 4:12:21 PM
Article : "Sara Palin and the Same Failed Conservative Values"
Progressives not to blame for Bush failures
Saturday, September 6, 2008 at 4:08:26 AM
Article : "My Take on Covering Potentially Taboo Topics Like Bristol Pa"
The case for God is not self-evident.
Friday, September 5, 2008 at 9:39:34 PM
Article : "My Take on Covering Potentially Taboo Topics Like Bristol Pa"
All bluster and no substance typical, yawn....
Friday, September 5, 2008 at 12:48:57 AM
Article : "My Take on Covering Potentially Taboo Topics Like Bristol Pa"
Faith has no standing credibility
Thursday, September 4, 2008 at 11:44:05 PM
Article : "My Take on Covering Potentially Taboo Topics Like Bristol Pa"
Uhmmm...
Thursday, September 4, 2008 at 6:31:57 PM
Article : "Sarah Palin, A Wolf in Moose Clothing"
Karl Rove-style political attack
Thursday, September 4, 2008 at 2:43:07 AM
Article : "My Take on Covering Potentially Taboo Topics Like Bristol Pa"
The Faith Gap has a Credibility Problem
Wednesday, September 3, 2008 at 7:30:27 PM
Article : "OEN Condemns Police Action at the DNC and RNC"
Congratulations!
Wednesday, September 3, 2008 at 6:56:55 PM
Article : "My Take on Covering Potentially Taboo Topics Like Bristol Pa"
Wrong on knowledge of theology (See my other reply below.)
Wednesday, September 3, 2008 at 6:17:48 PM
Article : "My Take on Covering Potentially Taboo Topics Like Bristol Pa"
God does not exist (And you know it)
Wednesday, September 3, 2008 at 2:16:55 AM
Article : "My Take on Covering Potentially Taboo Topics Like Bristol Pa"
Time for some unvarnished truth
Wednesday, September 3, 2008 at 1:27:39 AM
Article : "My Take on Covering Potentially Taboo Topics Like Bristol Pa"
More Proof from the Washington Post
Wednesday, September 3, 2008 at 1:01:43 AM
Article : "My Take on Covering Potentially Taboo Topics Like Bristol Pa"
Family Values?
Wednesday, September 3, 2008 at 12:18:20 AM
Article : "My Take on Covering Potentially Taboo Topics Like Bristol Pa"
Palin's Real Bridge to Nowhere
Tuesday, September 2, 2008 at 11:52:21 PM
Article : "Compassion for Bristol Palin; Derision for Her Mother"
Just thought I would help out...
Tuesday, September 2, 2008 at 8:27:02 PM
Article : "My Take on Covering Potentially Taboo Topics Like Bristol Pa"
Scrubbed but not forgotten
Tuesday, September 2, 2008 at 7:14:29 PM
Article : "My Take on Covering Potentially Taboo Topics Like Bristol Pa"
Fodder: The definitive dossier on Sarah Palin
Tuesday, September 2, 2008 at 5:21:30 PM
Article : "My Take on Covering Potentially Taboo Topics Like Bristol Pa"
Why Palin is "Fair Game"
Tuesday, September 2, 2008 at 4:46:31 PM
Article : "Palin and the right to privacy: Becoming what we hate"
The Larger Narrative
Tuesday, September 2, 2008 at 2:14:57 PM
Quicklink : "Palin's Future Son-In-Law's MySpace Page: "I don't want kids"
More on Levi
Friday, August 29, 2008 at 6:06:56 PM
Article : "McCain VP: Sarah Palin, AK Gov. Help Build a profile on her"
Move over Paris Hilton!
Friday, August 29, 2008 at 4:26:32 PM
Article : "McCain VP: Sarah Palin, AK Gov. Help Build a profile on her"
NO Foreign Policy Record What so Ever!
Friday, August 29, 2008 at 3:50:49 PM
Article : "McCain VP: Sarah Palin, AK Gov. Help Build a profile on her"
The VP Debate.
Monday, August 25, 2008 at 3:20:01 PM
Article : "Deities, Dinosaurs, and the Dangers of Religious Dogma"
Thanks for the suggestions
Saturday, August 23, 2008 at 1:30:17 PM
Article : "The Book They Can't Stop - A Review"
What plenary means...
Saturday, August 23, 2008 at 12:13:41 AM
Article : "The Book They Can't Stop - A Review"
Allow me to offer a little solace....
Friday, August 22, 2008 at 11:54:27 PM
Article : "The Book They Can't Stop - A Review"
A President CAN pardon himself...sorry!
Saturday, August 9, 2008 at 1:33:14 AM
Diary : "Reporting John Edwards Affair on OpEdNews"
Betrayal
Friday, August 8, 2008 at 10:13:38 PM
Diary : "Reporting John Edwards Affair on OpEdNews"
Newsworthy, but not devastating
Friday, August 8, 2008 at 8:58:04 PM
Diary : "Censorship on OpEdNews."
Wrong on Censorship
Friday, August 1, 2008 at 9:23:55 AM
Article : "Judiciary Backpedals on Reports and Transcripts from "Non-Im"
Not Conjecture
Friday, August 1, 2008 at 1:26:48 AM
Article : "Judiciary Backpedals on Reports and Transcripts from "Non-Im"
Impeachment is still "off the table"...here's why.
Tuesday, July 29, 2008 at 2:08:33 PM
Article : "New Orleans: If Only it was Just Billions"
Wrong paradigm
Tuesday, July 22, 2008 at 4:23:28 AM
Diary : "Quote of the Day!"
The Manning Memo
Tuesday, July 22, 2008 at 4:00:14 AM
Diary : "Quote of the Day!"
Two wrongs do not make a right
Sunday, July 20, 2008 at 2:04:28 AM
Diary : "Quote of the Day!"
Re: an antidote
Sunday, July 20, 2008 at 1:59:26 AM
Diary : "Quote of the Day!"
Justice will never be served
Saturday, July 19, 2008 at 10:19:54 PM
Diary : "Quote of the Day!"
The country's nuremberg-style defense
Friday, July 11, 2008 at 4:16:42 PM
Poll : "Poll: If Pelosi Changes Her Impeachment Position Will It Cha"
To clarify
Friday, July 11, 2008 at 3:44:17 PM
Poll : "Poll: If Pelosi Changes Her Impeachment Position Will It Cha"
Leaving the failing empire
Tuesday, July 8, 2008 at 1:54:41 PM
Poll : "Poll: Have Obama's Centrist Policy Policy Declarations Surpr"
A Faustian Bargain or a Ruse?
Tuesday, July 8, 2008 at 2:47:51 AM
Diary : "The Anger Hate Continuum"
Two Important Points
Tuesday, July 1, 2008 at 2:24:02 PM
Article : "Wesley Clark Gives McCain Keys to White House"
America, a nation of fools
Friday, June 20, 2008 at 11:20:46 PM
Article : "Why Obama Will Pick Jim Webb for VP"
Yes, wait till the convention
Friday, June 20, 2008 at 5:22:38 PM
Article : "Failed Conservative Values: They're Not Working - George Lak"
Why conservatives can't govern
Thursday, June 5, 2008 at 2:49:10 PM
Poll : "Poll: Would Pelosi's Removal Facilitate Bush/Cheney Impeachm"
Pelosi's "other" email address
Wednesday, May 7, 2008 at 2:01:01 PM
Poll : "Poll: Should Hillary drop out of the race?"
I have to disagree.
Wednesday, May 7, 2008 at 1:38:30 PM
Poll : "Poll: Should Hillary drop out of the race?"
Time to coalesce around Obama
Friday, May 2, 2008 at 9:29:53 PM
Article : "Time to Hit Back Harder"
John wants a small government!
Friday, May 2, 2008 at 2:31:59 PM
Article : "Time to Hit Back Harder"
A non sequitur diatribe from an RWA
Friday, April 11, 2008 at 1:10:13 AM
Article : "Wexler: A Lone Hero at the Petraeus/Crocker Hearings"
Congress has failed the people
Wednesday, April 9, 2008 at 3:41:49 PM
Quicklink : "Quinnipiac: Clinton lead in Pennsylvania slipping away"
Proof, please
Tuesday, April 8, 2008 at 1:50:36 PM
Article : "John Conyers Confirms That An Attack Against Iran Is Not a ""
John Conyers: Aiding and abetting Bush's crimes
Tuesday, April 8, 2008 at 1:31:58 PM
Quicklink : "Quinnipiac: Clinton lead in Pennsylvania slipping away"
Fitting Irony
Friday, April 4, 2008 at 2:00:47 PM
Article : "Conyers Threatens Impeachment if Iran Attacked"
John Conyer's is a sellout
Friday, March 28, 2008 at 5:51:24 PM
Article : "Barck Obama - The Wizard of Oz"
Editor's Note
Friday, March 28, 2008 at 1:45:49 AM
Diary : "This place is an Oba-Sewer"
If I may posit some thoughs to ponder
Saturday, March 22, 2008 at 12:24:46 PM
Article : "Photo Shows Clinton Met With, Received Wright"
Again, no proof.
Saturday, March 22, 2008 at 12:21:47 PM
Article : "Photo Shows Clinton Met With, Received Wright"
Can't advance your argument?
Friday, March 21, 2008 at 7:52:15 PM
Article : "Photo Shows Clinton Met With, Received Wright"
Proof, please.
Friday, March 21, 2008 at 7:11:09 PM
Article : "Photo Shows Clinton Met With, Received Wright"
Tolerance and some advice
Friday, March 21, 2008 at 3:08:30 PM
Article : "Open Letter to John McCain"
McBush indeed!
Thursday, March 20, 2008 at 11:40:29 PM
Quicklink : "Obama's Passport Records Breached at State Department"
Motives
Tuesday, March 18, 2008 at 4:55:59 PM
Article : "Country of Laws"
A correction
Sunday, March 16, 2008 at 11:08:39 PM
Article : "Spitzer's Whore Should Not Make a Nickel"
No lecture, just honesty
Sunday, March 16, 2008 at 10:28:43 PM
Diary : "Government Orwellian Watch"
No, but I will watch it...
Sunday, March 16, 2008 at 9:58:58 PM
Article : "Is The Word "WHORE" Offensive? Is it a dirty word?"
On an island?
Sunday, March 16, 2008 at 9:15:49 PM
Article : "Spitzer's Whore Should Not Make a Nickel"
It's about words
Sunday, March 16, 2008 at 7:23:23 PM
Article : "Spitzer's Whore Should Not Make a Nickel"
Crying foul
Sunday, March 16, 2008 at 7:19:48 PM
Article : "Is The Word "WHORE" Offensive? Is it a dirty word?"
Argument of diversion
Saturday, March 15, 2008 at 8:00:51 PM
Article : "The Sadness of the Politics of Distraction"
Still a big fan...
Saturday, March 15, 2008 at 4:52:41 PM
Article : "The Sadness of the Politics of Distraction"
Religion always divides
Friday, March 14, 2008 at 2:50:10 AM
Diary : "Bush Could Call Off Elections"
Not often we will agree.
Thursday, March 13, 2008 at 12:27:25 PM
Article : ""Supporting the troops" = Supporting U.S. Imperialist War"
Disagree vehemently.
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 at 10:45:26 PM
Article : ""Supporting the troops" = Supporting U.S. Imperialist War"
Just how many more...
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 at 6:09:51 PM
Article : ""Supporting the troops" = Supporting U.S. Imperialist War"
Bully!
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 at 5:32:20 PM
Article : ""Supporting the troops" = Supporting U.S. Imperialist War"
A world without war.
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 at 4:39:50 PM
Article : ""Supporting the troops" = Supporting U.S. Imperialist War"
Inroads
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 at 3:27:07 PM
Article : ""Supporting the troops" = Supporting U.S. Imperialist War"
Obfuscation of the obvious
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 at 3:10:39 PM
Article : ""Supporting the troops" = Supporting U.S. Imperialist War"
Indefensible acts
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