Recently, we raised the question of how political journalists should deal with candidates for president who mouth the quackery of climate change denial. But the problem of how to write about pseudoscience goes much broader. In part that’s because quack science has penetrated… Read More ›
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Christian Dominionists in the US Congress today….or a Book Review of “Christian Nation” by Fredric C. Rich
October 6, 2013 by Paul Loebe This is my review of the book ‘Christian Nation’ The premise behind the book is that in the year 2008 John McCain gets elected to high office as the President of the United States…. Read More ›
Hobby Lobby Ruling Opened Floodgates For Indiana Discrimination Law
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 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 ›
Iran’s Foreign Minister Schools GOP Traitors on Constitution and International Law
Many Americans are rightly incensed at the revelation that 47 Republican Senators signed on to an open letter to hardliners in Iran warning them that according to their pledge of loyalty to a foreigner leading the nation of Israel, they… Read More ›
2 Years After Raising Taxes on the Rich, Here’s the Hellscape Minnesota Has Become
By Zeeshan Aleem March in Policy.Mic Since 2011, Minnesota has been doing quite well for itself. The state has created more than 170,000 jobs, according to the Huffington Post. Its unemployment rate stands at 3.6% — the fifth-lowest in the… Read More ›
The GOP’s state budget disaster is the best case for Big Government
By Jeff Spross The Republican Party is cutting a swath of destruction through state budgets. In Kansas, Gov. Sam Brownback’s experiment in income and business tax cuts has blown a $344 million hole in the budget for this fiscal year,… Read More ›
US Fiscal Debate Could Learn From Norway
By Mark Provost in The Progressive Press If Washington sincerely wants to reduce the budget deficit and national debt while protecting the broader economy, it should learn from other nations which have succeeded. One country stands out: Norway. Norway has… Read More ›
Fethullah Gulen: Turkey’s Eroding Democracy
By Fethullah Gulen SAYLORSBURG, Pa. — It is deeply disappointing to see what has become of Turkey in the last few years. Not long ago, it was the envy of Muslim-majority countries: a viable candidate for the European Union on… Read More ›
Bibi Netanyahu — aka ‘The Republican Senator From Israel’ — May Have Made A Fatal Political Mistake
By Rick Ungar Set aside, for the moment, the diplomatic row being sparked by Speaker of the House John Boehner as he seeks to create two conflicting foreign policies for the United States—one pursued by the President and the other… Read More ›
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