The Burning Taper

It looks like we made it through a weekend without a stabbing or shooting at a party held at an American Masonic lodge. But Friday night in...

I've finally found a readable article by a prominent scientist decrying this "global warming" hoopla. He makes some valid poi...

Are you tired of hearing fundamentalist and evangelical Christians repeatedly making the same dumb accusations against Freemasonry? W. Bro. ...

Da DL on da Sony BMG Music website sez: Ok all you clubbers, your favourite house mix-masters the Freemasons have put together the crème de...

In a continuing effort to make the Burning Taper your source for happy and upbeat Masonic news (see readers' comments on a previous art...

Unless you've read the Scottish Rite's "Strategic Plan," you may not realize that the use of "celebrities" who ...

Bro. Brian Conz, the NASCAR driver, has put his website BrianConz.com back online. The site shows car #18 (pictured), and lists as his spon...

Since today's theme seems to be stupidity, it's a great time to share this video with you. It's called "Why People Believe ...

Filipino Freemasons living in the United States are forming the Philippine Masonic Association of America, Inc. (PMAAI). An organizational m...

I've recently been scolded (see comments section of "Making Masons look stupid?" ) for posting negative news and commentary he...

A new Masonic blog came to my attention today, called Kingdom of Conscience . It's written by Bro. Isaiah Coffey, a Prince Hall Mason fr...

Last week someone on the Scottish Rite forum posted a link to the latest NASCAR Scottish Rite story here on the BT . Another brother respo...

The Catholic World News is reporting that once again the Vatican wants the world to know that Catholics are not supposed to be Freemasons....

A Virgin Islands man was removed as a juror in a murder trial jury for allegedly flashing Masonic hand gestures to the defendant and others ...

Two construction workers renovating a 158-year old former Masonic lodge in Westfield, Indiana, were found dead last Friday. Investigators ar...

[Sung to the tune of Cat Steven's Another Saturday Night ] Another Saturday night At the Masonic party Two more wounded, another dead. H...

Masonic Lobbyists by Tim Bryce, PM, MPS "It is no secret that participation in the Masonic fraternity has been dropping for at least 5...

Freemasonry is international, found in most every part of the world. Apparently, it's also very international for novelists to use Mason...

A new thread started last night at the official Scottish Rite site's forum linking to Burning Taper 's article from yesterday titled...

It looks like Masonic ritual and ceremony has been reduced to mere show, at least for an upcoming weekend festival in Texas. Drop by the Tex...

Well, that didn't take long.... Frank Cicci, of Frank Cicci Racing, alleges that driver Brian Conz and the Scottish Rite have defaulted ...

I love a good conspiracy theory. I just don't believe them much anymore. Denver, Colorado's airport, built in 1994, has inspired the...

A new book by attorney Sylvia Clute ties together Freemasonry and the symbols on the dollar bill, quantum physics, the U.S. Constitution and...

Shriners in Memphis, Tennesee and other cities are using a novel way to get people who promise to donate after being called by telemarketers...

Julian Rees has been decorated by the Institut Maçonnique de France with the Masonic Ordre de Lafayette. He is the author of Making Light: A...

Apparently they weren't able to keep out cowans and eavesdroppers. The Provincial Grand Lodge of Antrim in Belfast, one of the "to...

Today's news finds a disturbing story coming out of Huntersville, North Carolina (about 15 miles north of Charlotte), a story all the m...

"The saying, 'It takes a village to raise a child' is true," says Judge Milton F. Fitch, who is the Grand Master of the No...

I readily admit to not being a NASCAR fan. I've only been following it the last few weeks to see what is going on with the Scottish Rite...