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Religious Concepts

  • Blogs

    April 10, 2012

    Marijuana as Religious Right? California Court Says It's Possible

    Do some folks have the religious right to use marijuana as part of a sacrament? It's a question we joked off when L.A. marijuana dispensary owner NJ Weedman sued the city of L.A. after his Liberty Temple II was targeted for extinction: He claimed the religious right to cannabis because the shop was ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 6, 2011

    Gone Fishin' with Ted Sabarase's evolution

    Ted SabareseThree images from the evolution series​We first saw Ted Sabarese's photography a few months back when a standout from his evolution series held down the cover of Gastronomica's Summer 2011 issue. There, a striking woman with huge luminescent eyes and a silvery gown sat poised to s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 31, 2011

    L.A. Archbishop: Gays, Abortions Are Ruining American Democracy

    Associated PressArchbishop Gomez fights for his right to religious freedom.​Archbishop Jose H. Gomez, head of the Diocese of Los Angeles (the nation's largest), thinks democracy is dead in this country. Yeah, well, join the club. But where Gomez parts philosophies with Occupy L.A. is who to b ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 7, 2011

    NJweedman, Marijuana Dispensary Owner in L.A., Can't Change His Name to NJweedman.com, Court Rules

    MySpaceSuperNJ.​Update: Mr. Weedman, in a comment below, says he will appeal the court's decision and continue his quest to change his name to NJweedman.com. First posted at 8:06 a.m. You gotta love NJweedman, the L.A. pot shop owner who has much higher hopes than you do. He might have smoked ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 31, 2011

    Barry Minkow Fraud: How He Duped the FBI to Tell Him Secret Info on Lennar Corp.

    By Beth Barrett ​New details emerged in a plea deal signed by Barry Minkow showing how the ZZZZ Best con man-turned-fraud buster and pastor cleverly exploited the FBI to get proprietary information on home-builder Lennar Corp. -- then used that knowledge illegally to make huge secret trades ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 18, 2010

    Laws Protecting Churches From Pot Shops Questioned

    ​Los Angeles is one of those cities that have enacted laws limiting how far medical marijuana dispensaries can be from "sensitive use" sites that include schools, playgrounds, parks and rehab centers. The L.A. law, like others, also includes churches on that list. Journalist Greg Campbell wri ... More >>

  • Calendar

    October 8, 2009

    Call Her Maggie

    ​Los Angeles is one of those cities that have enacted laws limiting how far medical marijuana dispensaries can be from "sensitive use" sites that include schools, playgrounds, parks and rehab centers. The L.A. law, like others, also includes churches on that list. Journalist Greg Campbell wri ... More >>

  • Calendar

    November 13, 2008

    Miss Witherspoon

    ​Los Angeles is one of those cities that have enacted laws limiting how far medical marijuana dispensaries can be from "sensitive use" sites that include schools, playgrounds, parks and rehab centers. The L.A. law, like others, also includes churches on that list. Journalist Greg Campbell wri ... More >>

  • Stage

    November 13, 2008

    Theater Reviews: Eat the Runt, Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist, Cute With Chris

    Miss Witherspoon, The Bourgeois Gentilhomme and more

  • Film+TV

    October 9, 2008

    Sacreligulous: Bill Maher's Cross to Bear

    Bile and blasphemy from HBO's Real Time host

  • Blogs

    August 27, 2008

    Scientist Kelman wins libel suit against Mold Queen Kramer

    News just came in that toxicologist Bruce Kelman, targeted by people who have an almost religious, misguided fear of common household mold, has prevailed in a key case against Mold Queen Sharon Kramer. Kelman emails the Weekly: "Kramer was found guilty of libeling me." Their bitter battle was det ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 3, 2008

    Mad Rhythms

    News just came in that toxicologist Bruce Kelman, targeted by people who have an almost religious, misguided fear of common household mold, has prevailed in a key case against Mold Queen Sharon Kramer. Kelman emails the Weekly: "Kramer was found guilty of libeling me." Their bitter battle was det ... More >>

  • News

    April 26, 2007

    Features

    News just came in that toxicologist Bruce Kelman, targeted by people who have an almost religious, misguided fear of common household mold, has prevailed in a key case against Mold Queen Sharon Kramer. Kelman emails the Weekly: "Kramer was found guilty of libeling me." Their bitter battle was det ... More >>

  • News

    March 22, 2007

    Rio's Statement

    The sole survivor of Heaven's Gate, in his own words

  • News

    January 11, 2007

    Immortal Mayhem

    It's a mad, mad Marilyn world as cannibals, collectors and defenders battle over Monroe's platinum legacy

  • News

    April 27, 2006

    The 3 Pros and 5 Cons of John McCain

    It's a mad, mad Marilyn world as cannibals, collectors and defenders battle over Monroe's platinum legacy

  • News

    January 19, 2006

    De Tocqueville, Part Deux

    Bernard-Henri Lévy on American sex, American religion and American Vertigo

  • Calendar

    January 5, 2006

    The 3 Pros and 5 Cons of John McCain

    Bernard-Henri Lévy on American sex, American religion and American Vertigo

  • Calendar

    January 5, 2006

    Web Exclusive Politics Lists

    Bernard-Henri Lévy on American sex, American religion and American Vertigo

  • Film+TV

    December 1, 2005

    Must-Scare TV

    Sleeper Cell raises the unthinkable; Homecoming raises the dead

  • Film+TV

    October 27, 2005

    Holistic Healer

    Israel takes Gidi Dar’s fundamentalist comedy to heart

  • Columns

    September 29, 2005

    Battlefield Earth

    “Intelligent design” makes sense only if our higher power is a devious, brutal killer

  • News

    July 28, 2005

    Drug Profits and Gang Wars

    “Intelligent design” makes sense only if our higher power is a devious, brutal killer

  • Columns

    March 3, 2005

    Splat

    “Intelligent design” makes sense only if our higher power is a devious, brutal killer

  • News

    February 3, 2005

    Iraq’s Triumph

    Lessons from a shaky democracy

  • News

    November 11, 2004

    Demon Democrats

    Some revelations about good and evil in Florida

  • Music

    October 28, 2004

    Crispy Critters

    Some revelations about good and evil in Florida

  • News

    July 29, 2004

    The Napoleon of Terror

    Some revelations about good and evil in Florida

  • Columns

    June 10, 2004

    Quantum Mysticism

    The fuzzy embrace of science and religion

  • Columns

    February 26, 2004

    The Ballad of Mel and Jesus

    Christ, you know it ain't easy

  • News

    October 9, 2003

    Afghanistan Revisited

    The Weekly’s Ben Ehrenreich reports from Kabul

  • News

    September 18, 2003

    Ban the Sun

    The strange case of two Afghanistan editors and their now-closed critical paper

  • Film+TV

    June 12, 2003

    Forefather Envy

    Whale Rider’s Maori girl power

  • News

    February 6, 2003

    Missing Evidence

    Poking holes in the case for war

  • News

    December 19, 2002

    Our Peace Movement — Not Theirs

    Poking holes in the case for war

  • News

    November 28, 2002

    Letters

    Poking holes in the case for war

  • Columns

    November 7, 2002

    Creation Science

    The gospel according to Steven Pinker

  • News

    March 21, 2002

    The Back Story

    The gospel according to Steven Pinker

  • Art+Books

    March 14, 2002

    Diss Belief

    Extreme Islam and Hatred of Capitalism

  • News

    January 17, 2002

    The Last Stand

    A Letter from Pakistan

  • News

    November 29, 2001

    Out of the Frying Pan

    After the Taliban, will Afghanistan’s women really be free?

  • News

    November 15, 2001

    Unholy Ends

    After the Taliban, will Afghanistan’s women really be free?

  • Art+Books

    November 8, 2001

    Sex Tours and Terrorism

    France’s most controversial writer outdoes himself

  • News

    October 4, 2001

    Letters

    France’s most controversial writer outdoes himself

  • News

    October 4, 2001

    The School for Violence

    A conversation with Riane Eisler

  • Columns

    September 20, 2001

    Brazil 911

    A conversation with Riane Eisler

  • Stage

    June 1, 2000

    Faith Healer

    Richard Vetere’s play about an atheist who dies and goes . . . somewhere

  • News

    March 30, 2000

    The Boy Can’t Help It

    Randy Thornhill and Craig T. Palmer’s reductionist theory of rape

  • Film+TV

    October 28, 1999

    The Master Builder

    Egyptian auteur Youssef Chahine

  • News

    September 3, 1998

    War Without Borders

    Egyptian auteur Youssef Chahine

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