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JFK made a speech that discussed church, state, and religion which had a huge impact on me and I believe it is even more important today.

" Our belief in church should be important only to the individual and his God. It is more important for this nation to discuss the kind of American we believe in. We need to keep in mind that our problems are man made - therefore they can be solved by man, and man can be as big as he wants."

• Scalia and Roberts don’t know best: Here’s how we take our politics back from reactionary court and billionaire donors

  By genvana on May 3, 2015 • ( 5 )

  

  Right-wing justices have perverted our campaign-finance system. There’s a mechanism to reclaim it: The Constitution. By Jamie Raskin:  Raskin is a professor of constitutional law at American University’s Washington College of Law, a Democratic state senator in Maryland and the… Read More ›

• ‘The Culture War’ — A Battle The GOP Can’t Win

  By genvana on April 9, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  By Leonard Pitts The argument is over and conservatives have lost. Some of them just don’t know it yet. That’s the takeaway from the remarkable events of last week wherein the states of Indiana and Arkansas executed high-speed U-turns —… Read More ›

• The Economic Risks of Climate Change in the United States

  By genvana on April 6, 2015 • ( 5 )

  

  Average Number of Days above 95 degrees Along the coast, rising sea-levels will likely put billions of dollars of property and infrastructure at risk. Further inland, increasingly warm and dry conditions threaten the productivity of one of the richest agricultural… Read More ›

• Hobby Lobby Ruling Opened Floodgates For Indiana Discrimination Law

  By genvana on April 3, 2015 • ( 2 )

  

  By: Rmuse – Wednesday, April, 1st, 2015 Nearly all parents attempt to teach their children from a young age that every one of their decisions in life will have consequences; no matter how inconsequential they may seem at the time…. Read More ›

• Lindsey Graham Proves Ayatollah Right – America Is Disintegrating in Madness

  By genvana on March 14, 2015 • ( 3 )

  

  By Rmuse; It is certain that since Americans elected an African American man as President, much of the world is aware that Republicans have deliberately and with malice aforethought acted to wipe out America’s government in one form or another;… Read More ›

• Will Hawaii Be the First State to Go 100% Renewable?

  By genvana on March 14, 2015 • ( 5 )

  

  Islands are particularly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change, especially rising sea levels. So maybe it’s no surprise that Hawaii is considering legislation that would make it the first state in the U.S. to be entirely powered by renewable… Read More ›

• Tens Of Thousands Attend Anti-Netanyahu Rally In Tel Aviv

  By genvana on March 10, 2015 • ( 1 )

  

  Tens of thousands of Israelis are gathering at a Tel Aviv square under the banner “Israel wants change” and calling for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to be replaced in March 17 national elections. Saturday night’s rally at Rabin Square is… Read More ›

• PNC Bank Will Cease Investments in Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining

  By genvana on March 5, 2015 • ( 1 )

  

  Bowing to pressure from Quaker environmentalists, PNC Bank announced yesterday that it will be restricting financing of mountaintop removal coal mining in Appalachia. The shift outlined in its 2015 Corporate Responsibility Report means PNC Bank will effectively cease its investment in this… Read More ›

• Netanyahu Insults The U.S. To Their Face While Taking $8.6 Million In Aid Every Day

  By genvana on March 4, 2015 • ( 3 )

  

    Author: S. Longfellow Is a stable and strong Israel important to the Middle Eastern region? Of course it is. However, that doesn’t mean we need to agree and bow down to everything that comes out of reelection hopeful Prime… Read More ›

• Worst Drought in 1,000 Years Predicted for American West

  By genvana on February 16, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  Global warming to cause historic “megadrought” by century’s end. By Brian Clark Howard Large parts of the U.S. are in for a drought of epic proportions in the second half of this century, scientists warn in a new study that… Read More ›