'Mirth Missives' publisher responds to 'Taper' article

In the spirit of fairness and brotherhood, I'm reprinting below a recent email I received from TazMack, the publisher of Mirth Missives ...

Feminine Freemasons form new lodges in Cuba

I'm happy to see we've all used our "time out" in the Masonic Corral™ wisely, meditating on what it means to subdue our pa...

Masonic pissing contest gets corralled

There's a new sheriff in town, boys. Picture me as a cross between Paul Newman and Walter Brennan, both of whom played Judge Roy Bean to...

UGLE gives atta-girl's to female Masons

In June, 1908 Annie Besant and Lady Lutyens, wife of the architect Sir Edwin, set up the first co-ed Masonic lodge. Though it was short-live...

'Secrets' of Freemasonry?

When Bro. Hodapp told the world last week that the newly sworn-in governor of New York, David Paterson, was a Freemason, I was elated that ...

'A pious fraud'

This Easter weekend marks another (the third, I believe) Blogswarm Against Theocracy . It was first brought to my attention last year by my ...

After five years in Iraq, has anything been accomplished?

The fifth anniversary of the Fiasco in Iraq passed last week. This "Operation Freedom" once commanded above-the-fold headlines, an...

The Widow's Son honored with Sunshine Week award

March 16-22, 2008 is designated Sunshine Week . It is an initiative that originated in 2002 with the American Society of Newspaper Editors. ...

Doctor's prayers (and Bob the Guardian Angel) bring man back from the dead

A Florida man who suffered a heart attack inside a hospital has been brought back from the dead thanks to a cardiologist's prayers, acco...

Your word, your honor, your integrity

The Masonic blog On the Level has published a short piece by Bro. Wachter of Merchantville Lodge No. 119, Pennsauken, NJ, titled "The ...

A brotherhood without boundaries

A Brotherhood without Boundaries by Bro. Jeff Peace I had the distinct honor and pleasure of sitting with the brothers of Lafayette Lodge No...

The Parable of the Mouse

"The Parable of the Mouse" was submitted by a reader in response to the discussion about what non-West Virginia brethren should do...

Arthur C. Clarke (1917-2008): Final Odyssey

Renowned author and physicist Sir Arthur C. Clarke has died at his home in Sri Lanka. He was 90. Although best known for his book and scree...

'Masonry through the (rearview) looking glass': Frank Haas' speech to the Philalathes Society

What follows is the text of the speech given by M.W. Bro. Frank Haas, expelled Past Grand Master of Masons in West Virginia, to the Philalat...