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Dear Mitt Romney, “Cheesy grits“? Really? If this is your strategy to win over the South you’ve just had your John-Kerry-in-a-hunting-outfit moment. You’re not fooling anyone. I know you are fond of the exact height of trees in Michigan and all that (I mean, who doesn’t pitch a tent at the sight of a 2,133.6 …
In case you hadn’t heard, the Louisiana senate unanimously declared Sunday, June 20th, a “Statewide Day of Prayer” for those affected by the massive oil spill. Really, you have to read full text of Senate Resolution No. 145 to get the full flavor of foolishness. Did you know that “in times of great distress and need, we, the people …
[In early 2010, Roswell, Georgia’s then-City Councilwoman Betty Price floated a proposal to begin City Council meetings with prayer. This was unanimously rejected by the rest of the Council; nonetheless, in advance of an open forum on March 20, 2010, Mrs. Price had invited public comment on the prayer issue (hoping, apparently, that a groundswell …
[I wrote this essay on Election Day 2008. While I still agree with many of the things I wrote here, I very soon ended my years-long flirtation with libertarianism. After seeing how the Republicans treated President Obama, after seeing the increasing and steady takeover of the GOP by the nincompoop faction of the party, and …
A thoughtful documentary explores the rift between mainstream Christianity and Mormonism [Originally posted on March 2, 2008 at AmericanFreethought.com.] Article VI of the Constitution states, in part, “…no religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust under the United States.” It is generally agreed that this means no …
[Originally posted on November 15, 2007 at AmericanFreethought.com.] Khaled Hosseini’s The Kite Runner is one of the most talked-about books in recent years. Not only is it a heartbreaking story of childhood tragedy, this 2003 novel provides an invaluable insight into the culture of late 20th century Afghanistan—the culture that would trigger 9/11 and plunge the globe into a bitter, and …
[Originally posted in July 2006 at SciFiDimensions.com; re-posted on October 16, 2007 at AmericanFreethought.com. This documentary subsequently won an Academy Award; Al Gore won a Nobel Prize for his work in raising awareness about global warming. I should also point out that when I wrote this review, my views were much more Libertarian and my …
How the Japanese Destroyed Tokyo Themselves and Unwittingly Unleashed a Trans-Pacific Collaboration that Helped Mend US-Japanese Relations The early 1950s was not an easy time to be Japanese, especially if you were trying to please Americans. Despite winning the Pacific War and exacting vengeance by firebombing Tokyo and subjecting Hiroshima and Nagasaki to nuclear annihilation, …
B5‘s Jerry Doyle Makes a Run for Congress! Babylon 5, after five seasons and five telefilms, has gone into retirement. But Jerry Doyle (who played Security Chief Michael Garibaldi on the show) isn’t sitting still. He’s running for the U.S. House of Representatives in California’s 24th Congressional District. As a Republican. We contacted Jerry (“Call …
