"You doing all right?"



"I guess," I said. "I'm a little nervous."



The nurse smiled. "You'll be fine. We're a well-funded institution, and we're doing OK for technology."



Somehow, for some reason, I was not reassured.



The mask was fixed on my face and I felt the cool injection of anesthetics into my IV line. "Breathe deeply," the nurse said. "And relax."



I nodded.



Someone else came in the room, a woman.



"Hey," she said.… Continue

When it's used to justify setting an eleven-year-old girl on fire, it's probably time for all of us to rethink the "respect" we give to religion, to its practitioners, and particularly to leaders who endorse extremism in its name.

Kill ’em all and let their gods sort ’ em out.