Christian cultists convicted of starving baby to death

Long-time readers of The Burning Taper know that I find stories about the bizarre things people do in the "name of Jesus" fascina...

Accidental shooting devastates Masonic family

The Burning Taper offers its condolences to Bro. Randy Reddick of Deerfield Beach, Florida, in the aftermath of the tragic accidental shoot...

Arkansas Grand Lodge forbids Masons buying state Masonic license plates

While more and more mainstream state grand lodges seem to be joining the 20th century by accepting the existence of and/or "recognizing...

Halcyon Lodge prevails in court case brought against them by Grand Lodge of Ohio

This is post number 1,000 on The Burning Taper . What a long, strange trip it's been. Just in time for Christmas there's a reason fo...

Bro. Dean Kennedy interviewed at B2B Expo

Bro. Dean Kennedy, co-creator of the podcast Masonic Central , was interviewed on Oct. 20 by the Canadian website Haligonia.ca at the B2B E...

AMC's 'The Prisoner' miniseries debuts Nov. 15

AMC's mini-series The Prisoner debuts Nov. 15-17, 2009. Based on Patrick McGoohan's British television series from the late 1960...

Where the tide ebbs and flows?

Police found the beaten and mutilated body of a man in his late 50's, with its tongue cut out, hanging by its neck from a bridge in Tiju...