But the Door Staff Won’t Do Nudity Unless It’s In Good Taste

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The American Bible Society went ape when the New York Times reported that its website operations were being run by Internet porn king Richard J. Gordon [1], and they quickly moved to sever all connections with Gordon and put the Society’s two top officers on administrative leave [2].

Meanwhile, the description of Gordon’s success running e-commerce operations over the past 20 years made us envious. I’ve been looking for his phone number so I can have Door publisher John Bojo call him up and make a deal. We can use some web traffic, and we’re not squeamish.

God Delusion Royalties Aren’t That Good

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We were joking about the atheists driving up the price [3] of that 1954 Einstein letter (the one calling the Bible “childish”) when it was auctioned off in London last week–only to be blindsided by the actuality. Instead of bringing $15,000 at auction, it sold for $404,000 [4]. The winning bid came from a fan of theoretical physics, but here’s the best part: Richard Dawkins did put in a bid on it! Richard, you cheapskate! You could have brought it for show-and-tell at next year’s atheist convention.

We Got It From Those Crusades Guys

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From the “What Were They Thinking?” Department: Johnson & Johnson, the big health care company, went down in flames last week in the courtroom of New York federal judge Jed S. Rakoff after he said their decision to sue the American Red Cross over who has the right to use the red cross . . . ahem . . . was basically a big waste of time and money [5]. Johnson & Johnson had an 1895 agreement with the ARC--which, of course, is just a branch of the Red Cross organization that originated in Switzerland--to use the red cross symbol on its Band-Aids and other products. In 2004 the ARC started doing some licensing of the symbol to raise money, so that products could say “A portion of your purchase will go the ARC”--and, at that point, Johnson & Johnson thought, “Hey! You can’t just let anybody use the red cross!” Lawsuit filed. Ninety-five percent of it thrown out of court by Judge Rakoff, who referred to the case as “ironic.” That pretty much says it all.

How Many Lobsters Were Consumed at the Business Meeting?

A T.D. Jakes talk show [6] produced by Dr. Phil? Ego, thou art loosed!