“Democracy is the recurrent suspicion that more than half of the people are right more than half the time.”
-E. B. White
A new poll from the First Amendment Center reveals that I may have misunderestimated the American people. They are far more ignorant than I had believed, and most of them see no need to […]
I’m a little late talking about this issue, but since I haven’t posted anything since October, just be happy with what you get.
On May 22, the Pew Research Center released a study that I’m sure most of you have already heard about. The headline on their report was “Muslim Americans: Middle Class and Mostly Mainstream.” […]
Last week I read a post entitled “Angry Atheists” by Avi Shafran, it got me thinking about the atheist morality question again. I’m not interested in trying to deconstruct all of what he wrote. Most of it is just meaningless self affirmation. However, he does make a claim that I felt is worth […]
I thought this was a Christian nation. Well, actually, I thought it was a secular nation based on the constitution, but Robertson, O’Reilly et al. keep telling us it’s a Christian nation. There certainly are plenty of signs to support that. God has been very successful in the bumper sticker market, and […]
Governor Mike Rounds of South Dakota signed a bill today that would make it illegal for doctors in the state to perform abortions unless the mother’s life were in danger. Rape and incest are no exception.
Read that last sentence again.
One more time.
I’m practically speechless.
Now, I’m hardly a pro-choice activist. Don’t get me wrong. […]
