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• The Dangerous David Lane and His Fundy Revolution

  

  [David Lane photo from RightWingWatch]Once again, we've been warned. The Christians are coming, the Christians are coming! The battle is about to be joined.... Read more

  Posted on 15 December 2014 DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• God Wants Ben Carson To Be President!

  

  George W. Bush said God wanted him to be president of the United States; lo, and behold, his wish came true!Rick Santorum made noises that God wanted him to be... Read more

  Posted on 14 December 2014 DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Christians Walk Out of Public Meeting Because of Atheist Invocation

  This is funny but rather sad, too. And I would not credit these people who walked out with being Christians. Just the opposite. Read more

  Posted on 14 December 2014 DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Christianity - The Urban Dictionary Definition

  

  Christianity, according to the Urban Dictionary, involves believing that ..."...a cosmic Jewish zombie who was his own father can make you live forever if you... Read more

  Posted on 14 December 2014 DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Concern About Torture Misplaced Says Christian Writer

  

  Recently I read of a study which indicated that beliefs often override facts. Fantasy overrides reality. I'll be writing more about that later, but in this essa... Read more

  Posted on 13 December 2014 DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Scott Walker - Son of a Preacher Man - Damn!

  

  Originally, I thought that the governor of Wisconsin, a guy named Scott Walker, and the son of a preacher man, made a gaffe while speaking to a group of Jewish... Read more

  Posted on 13 December 2014 DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Message from Congress: Screw You America!

  

  Here we go again. Congress is talking about shutting down the government. A funding bill must be approved ASAP so that doesn't happen. Same old, same old!The... Read more

  Posted on 11 December 2014 DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• America - Land of Liars and Torturers

  

  I'm very sad this morning. There is something very wrong with my country. Evil is deeply ensconced here. It is terrifying because it's evil disguised as... Read more

  Posted on 11 December 2014 DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Sam Harris, Islam and Israel

  

  Recently, David Samuels interviewed Sam Harris in Venice Beach, California. Harris' first book, "The End of Faith," had an explosive impact in this country and... Read more

  Posted on 09 December 2014 DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• A Veritable Circus of Religious Freaks

  

  First of all, Ben Carson.Ben Carson is a 7th Day Adventist. While our Constitution says there shall be no religious test to hold a political office, someone... Read more

  Posted on 08 December 2014 DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• An Economic Agenda for America: 12 Steps Forward

  1. Rebuilding Our Roads2. Reversing Climate Change3. Creating Jobs4. Protecting Unions5. Raising the Wage6. Pay Equity7.Making Trade Work for Workers8. Cutting... Read more

  Posted on 07 December 2014 DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Robots Are Coming...

  

  "In the lab of Hod Lipson, an expert in evolutionary robotics at Cornell, graduate students have created two computers that can speak to each other. Read more

  Posted on 06 December 2014 DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Secularism and the So-called War on God, Christians and Christmas

  

  If you check out websites of the Christian Right, you will be inundated with articles complaining about the "war" on God, or the "war" on Christians, or how... Read more

  Posted on 05 December 2014 DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• George W. Bush, War Criminal, Tries to Make Amends

  

  The latest issue of Golf Digest includes an article titled, "The Healing Power of Golf," by Jerry Tarde, the Chairman and Editor-in-Chief of Golf Digest. Read more

  Posted on 05 December 2014 DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Bachmann Called a Rally and (almost) Nobody Came

  

  This from Daily Kos:Michele Bachmann (you do remember her, right?), just after the President notified the world he intended to issue an executive order to halt... Read more

  Posted on 04 December 2014 DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Talking Turkey About Guns 2014

  

  For Christ's sake, tell the NRA to stop with all this gun crap, already! What follows comes from Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America. Read more

  Posted on 23 November 2014 DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• One View - The Roosevelts by Gene Bocknek

  

  This is a guest post by Gene Bocknek. [Photo is of Franklin Delano Roosevelt]The recent Ken Burns PBS series on the Roosevelts is an astonishingly good... Read more

  Posted on 23 November 2014 DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Texas State Board of Education is Misnamed

  

  One never knows just how crazy things can get in Texas, because when you think you've seen the worst, some new issue or goofball pops up that makes the rest of... Read more

  Posted on 22 November 2014 DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Ted Cruz, Cicero, and Treason

  

  On November 20, the senator from Canada and now Texas, held forth on the floor of the U.S. Senate, using a speech from the Roman philosopher, Cicero, to denounc... Read more

  Posted on 22 November 2014 DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Five Things You Should Know ... About Pres. Obama's Immigration Actions

  [The following is from MoveOn.org)Five Things You Should Know—and Share—About President Obama's Immigration Actions:1. This is a big deal. Providing a... Read more

  Posted on 22 November 2014 DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY