The Burning Taper

My postings to The Burning Taper have been scant lately. I've had business and personal issues to deal with, and frankly, lately my int...

By now you've probably heard about the stage-rage of Michael Richards, the comedian who rose to fame by playing Jerry Seinfeld's wac...

A Wisconsin newspaper's investigation put a damper on a bunch of old bastards' fun this week by provoking police into throwing cold ...

Recently I've been called to task via emails for being "negative" about Freemasonry here on the Burning Taper lately. There ha...

You've seen National Treasure , the fictional movie that says the Freemasons collected vast treasures to protect them for the people of ...

Now that Election Day is over and done, and you're celebrating or bemoaning the win or loss of your favorite corrupt official, kick back...

A couple of items of Masonic news caught my attention today: The clubhouse of the Shrine Club of Huntsville, Alabama, has been seized by nat...

Recognizing Prince Hall Masonry: To Be or Not To Be? by W. Bro. Tim Bryce, PM, MPS I guess it is time for me to finally weigh in on the subj...

Bro. David Cooksey, Grand Secretary of the United Grand Lodge of America, moments ago finished up an eye-opening interview with David Person...

The royal son of the Grand Master of the United Grand Lodge of England converted to Catholicism in 2001. This weekend Lord Nicholas Windsor ...

Is there Free Speech in Freemasonry? by W:.Tim Bryce, PM, MPS There is a rumor circulating on the Internet that there is a resolution being ...

A Massachusetts black minister who recently became a Mason by joining a regular Antient blue lodge working under the Jurisdiction of the Gra...

Minnesota sheriff Mark Harig is in hot water for allowing his Masonic brother, James Colstrup, an alcoholic serving 180 days for domestic ab...

This morning's Huntsville Times features an editorial from David Person , its regular editorial opinion columnist. This writer seems to...

It's been my experience that Masonic blue lodges in the U.S. aren't that experimental in their fundraising activities. I've seen...

Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap by A Concerned Freemason The society of Freemasons was founded three hundred years ago in London, England. Since...

I recently discovered a new Masonic blog I think you'd enjoy. Called "Small Town Texas Freemasons," it's written by a 78-y...

The Chinese government's Internet Society of China, the "consulting" arm of the Ministry of Information, has recommended that ...

What do you get when you bang calcium together with californium, really really fast? A new element, Number 118, that's what! Experiments...

Despite 17 centuries of the Church's "unofficial" approval of dividing and alienating families, Pope Benedict has finally had ...

The Associated Press just moments ago moved with a story again featuring the charge of Alabama Gov. Bob Riley's association with what ha...

The following is an email I just received from SavetheInternet.com. Tune in to PBS tonight to see the SavetheInternet.com Coalition featured...

The Prayer of Saint Francis "O Lord, make me an instrument of Thy Peace! Where there is hatred, let me sow love; Where there is injury,...

There have been 3,001 coalition deaths — 2,767 Americans, two Australians, 119 Britons, 13 Bulgarians, six Danes, two Dutch, two Estonians, ...