Jennifer Emick's symbol dictionary now online

Our friend Jennifer Emick is no longer affiliated with About.com . Her exquisite collection of symbols is now hosted at SymbolDictionary.net...

Eyes wide shut: A kinder, gentler Burning Taper?

I once wrote that the flame of The Burning Taper may flicker and burn less bright for a while, but that it would never be extinguished. And...

It ain't Bible

Religious people continue to amuse me and sometimes baffle me. Whether it's the Pope being asked to resign over lifting the excommunicat...

Happy 200th Birthday, Charles Darwin

In our never-ending quest to bring you news of anything even remotely related to monkeys, The Burning Taper invites you to participate in C...

Help for the Widow's Son

After hearing about several brothers and friends being laid off their jobs or fearing potential layoffs, and especially after reading the sa...

The stink of the missing link

The Burning Taper has long been fascinated by monkeys, and has written many times about them. I believe it was the late Robert Anton Wilso...

... And the Great Architect is thus honored

Michael Hoffman's article began reasonably enough, by quoting the New York Times . His story was a look into last week's Great Flub...