Gary North, Christian Reconstructionist, writing in 1982:

“We must use the doctrine of religious liberty…until we train up a generation of people who know that there is no religious neutrality, no neutral law, no neutral education, and no neutral civil government. Then they will get busy constructing a Bible-based social, political, and religious ( Read more... )

There is an excellent article in The Nation caling attention to the consequences that many of us are facing as a result of massive student loan debts:

...[The Chicago Tribune] found Carrie Gevirtz, a 28-year-old social worker with a degree from the University of Chicago, a $55,000 school debt and an annual salary of $33,000. She is quoted as ( Read more... )

If you have any doubts in your mind as to whether public financing of federal elections is a necessity for truly representative democracy, read this headline.

With campaigns that expensive, how will any normal citizen ever afford to run, much less win?

I love it when polls state the obvious.

Negative Perception of Islam Increasing

Some of the best things in the article:

Edward Rios, 31, an engineer in McHenry, Ill., said he feels that Islam "is as good a religion as any other" yet vengeance seems to be "built into their own set of beliefs: If someone attacks our people, it is your duty to ( Read more... )

Dear Fundies and other Right-Wing nutjobs ( Read more... )

If they don't overturn Roe v Wade within the next 5 years, I'll eat my hat.

Watch this video. It's someone interviewing anti-choice protesters, asking the question "If you think abortion should be illegal, what do you think the punishment should be for women who have illegal abortions?"

Also, watch this one. I cannot even begin to describe how ( Read more... )

This article is possibly the most depressing thing I've ever read in my life.

But I encourage you all to read it, just the same, and pass it on. Maybe we'll all be sufficiently scared shitless to do something about it.

I would make all adults take a citizenship test. Seriously:

Only 25% of Americans can name more than one of the five freedoms guaranteed in the 1st Amendment

I confess, I could only name four when I thought about it. But that puts me well above 75% of the rest of you.

All of a sudden, South Dakota is the #1 state I never, ever want to live in.

The measure would make no exception in cases of rape or incest.

I'm sorry, I must have missed it when we were transported in time back to the Dark Ages. Can someone catch me up?

Read this fantastic statement by Bill Moyers if you have 20-30 mintues.

If you don't have the time, here's some of the good stuff:
No wonder working men and women and their families are strained to cope with the rising cost of health care, pharmaceutical drugs, housing, higher education, and public transportation - all of which have risen faster ( Read more... )