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Brutally Honest
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Will the Birth Control Link to Breast Cancer Now Be Given a Serious Look?
This story yesterday caught my eye: The likelihood that a woman age 25 to 39 will be diagnosed with advanced breast cancer has steadily increased since the... Read more
Posted on 28 February 2013 SOCIETY -
"He Was the Teacher We Needed at the Time We Needed Him"
Tom McDonald speaks for me about the Pope and his departure: The last great man of Europe takes the stage for the final time, and reminds us that greatness is... Read more
Posted on 27 February 2013 SOCIETY -
Obama Exhibiting a "kind of Madness I Haven't Seen in a Long Time"
That from none other than Bob Woodward: The Washington Post's Bob Woodward ripped into President Barack Obama on "Morning Joe" today, saying he's exhibiting a... Read more
Posted on 27 February 2013 SOCIETY -
Obama's Organizing for Action Nonprofit Co-opted
I find this sweetly apt: At the beginning of the year, President Barack Obama's new 501(c)4 political nonprofit, Organizing For Action, was launched with all th... Read more
Posted on 27 February 2013 SOCIETY -
“We Should Not Have to Move a Third Bill Before the Senate Gets off Their Ass an...
The Speaker of the House said a naughty word: A salty Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) on Tuesday told members of the Senate to “get off their ass” and pass a... Read more
Posted on 26 February 2013 SOCIETY -
"I’ll Be Blunt"
And blunt Wyoming State Representative Hans Hunt was in response to a constituent's letter. First the letter, then his response, courtesy of Mr. Read more
Posted on 26 February 2013 SOCIETY -
Did Obama Use Faux Twitter Accounts to Boost His Anti-gun Crusade? (UPDATED)
One Texas Republican is making the charge: Rep. Steve Stockman (R-Texas) accused Obama of trying to make support for his position look stronger than it really i... Read more
Posted on 26 February 2013 SOCIETY -
"John Paul's Story Made Me Want to Be a Better Person"
If you thought that title meant Pope John Paul II, you wouldn't be faulted. That's logical and in fact, I'm sure there's truth to it. Read more
Posted on 25 February 2013 SOCIETY -
Pop Culture Presidency
No, she's not the President, but who can deny that she represents; U.S. first lady Michelle Obama made a surprise and unprecedented appearance on Sunday's Oscar... Read more
Posted on 25 February 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, SOCIETY -
Measuring Societal Decay?
Start in Massachusetts: The Massachusetts Department of Education has issued a new directive for schools in the handling of transgendered students, including... Read more
Posted on 24 February 2013 SOCIETY -
'The Lord is Calling Me to "climb the Mountain"...'
Pope Benedict XVI's last Angelus address before an estimated crowd of 100,000, included these moving words; "The Christian life - I wrote in my Message for... Read more
Posted on 24 February 2013 SOCIETY -
“The Sequester is Not Something That I’ve Proposed,” Obama Said. “It is Somethin...
Bob Woodward has joined the chorus of those of us who have for quite some time called this President an extraordinarily deceitful man: Misunderstanding,... Read more
Posted on 23 February 2013 SOCIETY -
“Men May Keep a Sort of Level of Good, but No Man Has Ever Been Able to Keep on...
In the dead of night we learn the Obama administration's expected attack on marriage has materialized in the form of a legal brief filed by the Justice... Read more
Posted on 23 February 2013 SOCIETY -
While the Nation Burns, the First Lady Does the Dougie...
... and the low information voters whoop and lap it up; I find it all rather disgusting... the exploitation of the ignorant... Read more
Posted on 23 February 2013 SOCIETY -
Obama Photo Opportunity at Local Shipyard
President Obama will visit Newport News Shipbuilding next week, a local shipyard known for being the sole designer, builder and refueler of nuclear powered... Read more
Posted on 22 February 2013 SOCIETY -
Followed by a Moonshadow
by guest blogger, BroKen Many years ago now, I was driving home from work when the moon appeared to me in a gap between trees. It was a full moon, huge on the... Read more
Posted on 21 February 2013 SOCIETY -
"Obama is Ultimately Accountable for the Budget Fiasco"
Each day we're exposed to more of the impacts the looming sequestration cuts will have on jobs. Just yesterday, the Pentago formally informed Congress that... Read more
Posted on 21 February 2013 SOCIETY -
“It’s Exactly This Sort of Thing That Drives People into the Arms of the NRA.”
This, introduced to the legislature in the state of Washington, is more than simply alarming: Forget police drones flying over your house. How about police... Read more
Posted on 19 February 2013 SOCIETY -
"Then Something Unbelievable Happened"
Billy Kanga has spen the last 10 years as a youth minister and worship leader in the Protestant church but has recently made the decision to convert to... Read more
Posted on 18 February 2013 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY -
"The Problem with This Well-meaning Attempt at Tolerance is That It is...
Stephen White, writing at the Huffington Post (yes, the Huffington Post) with an outstanding piece well worth your time: Religion, we are told, is an escape --... Read more
Posted on 18 February 2013 SOCIETY