10 more reasons to party

What do Freemasonic "amateur theater," gavel raps, circumambulations of the lodge, and maybe even fish frys have in common with mo...

Freemasonry as 'Fight Club'

An excellent new Masonic-themed blog called 3 Ruffians , operated by the Illustrious Order of the Three Ruffians, attracted my attention tod...

Teacher fired for 'wizardry'

There are religious nuts everywhere, but I think Florida may have the nuttiest. Some paranoid little tattletale complained to the head of su...

Witness ID's Jester sex-tourists as 'Masons'

In her recent article about the ongoing case involving underage sex-for-hire "fishing" trips by members of the Masonic-related Ro...

Cheney: 'How many dead Americans is Iraq worth?'

President George W. "Captain America" Bush is probably out riding a motorcycle today. Vice President Cheney is probably going hu...

Hip L.A. Masons trashed in anti-Masonic video

By now, you've probably seen the Los Angeles Times article about the "hip" Freemasons from North Hollywood Lodge No. 542, El...

What every Traveling Man needs

It's late spring. And that can only mean one thing. Er, two things. Okay, many things, but two things, too. Vacation. And graduation. An...

Christian crazies urge Starbucks boycott

I can think of many reasons not to drink Starbucks coffee. But none of them would be because of their new logo. The Star-Tribune reported t...

'Walk right in -- I see you've travelled some'

Worshipful Brother Theron Dunn, a California Freemason and well-known Masonic blogger and forum participant as well as co-publisher of Lodge...

We've confused our priorities

This article originally appeared recently in Bro. Tim Bryce's column . It was written by Bro. Patrick O'Neill of Colorado. His messa...

A point of pale light

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Bro. Theron Dunn suffers renal failure, in grave condition

The Burning Taper joins with other Masons throughout the blogosphere and The Real World in sending our best wishes and hopes for a speedy r...

We all shine on: Bro. Fred Milliken, aka Squire Bentley

This is our 19th installment of "This Is Who I Am," our never-ending series of essays by and about readers of The Burning Taper. M...