Billiken, the God of things as they ought to be

[Click on the Billiken graphic to see him "blink."] A few days ago I linked to investigative reporter Sandy Frost's article a...

Guest editorial: Who made who?

Who Made Who? by Bro. Jeff Peace When was your lodge charted by the Grand Lodge of your jurisdiction? It may have been relatively recently o...

Great things are afoot

While I sit here making fun of conspiracy-minded fundamentalist anti-Masons, other people are doing and writing about much grander things, b...

Confronting the critics: A visit to the anti-Masonic exhibit in San Francisco

In April, the Taper mentioned an anti-Masonic exhibit going on through October 1 at the Grand Lodge of California. Bro. Erik visited the m...

Synopsis of Prof. Andrew Prescott's 'History of British Freemasonry: 1425-2000'

Recently a good brother from Alabama sent me a copy of a very interesting document titled "A History of British Freemasonry: 1425-2000....

The Ancient Landmarks revisited

The Ancient Landmarks Revisited by Bro. Jeff Peace, PGM, Exalted High Priest of the Ancient & Honorable Order of the Thorn in the Ass, a...

Bro. Jeff Peace's Masonic talk in Cleveland a success

I'm hearing that great things happened over the weekend in Cleveland, Ohio. Bro. Jeff Peace spoke to an enthusiastic crowd at West Side ...

'A Brief History of Speculative Freemasonry': Masonic talk by Bro. Jeff Peace April 21 in Cleveland, Ohio

This Saturday, April 21, Masonic historian Jeff Peace will present a talk titled "A Brief History of Speculative Freemasonry" in O...

Former slave city's first black cop, perhaps first black Mason in Texas

There are many Masonic symbols seldom used anymore, at least around here — the beehive, for example. I'm sure there are many other symbo...

What will future historians think of the Freemasonry-NASCAR partnership?

The Discovery Channel will tonight (Sunday, Feb. 11, 9 pm ET) feature its program Secret History of the the Freemasons . Perhaps the show ha...