The Ted Haggard Coverup Story Is Bigger Than Ted Haggard's Schlong
To most of the media outlets covering the latest revelations surrounding Ted Haggard and the New Life Church of Colorado Springs, the big news story is that Ted Haggard turned out to be noodling...
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Obama Reinstates Bush Kangaroo Courts!
In a season full of broken promises by Barack Obama, this one reeks as deeply as any: President Obama just announced that he will reinstate George W. Bush’s kangaroo courts, the military tribunals that...
View ArticleWhy I Believe in Freedom of Speech and Action
In my policy preferences, I have a strong bias toward freedom of speech and action within constraints of responsibility. For instance, a person who falsely accuses another of a crime and sends an...
View ArticleAmerican College of Pediatricians: A Useful Prop for Desperate Anti-Gay...
I just finished getting the kids down to sleep tonight and pulled out my local paper, the Herald Gazette of Knox County, and this letter to the editor popped right out at me: Is it good for children to...
View ArticleIs Authoritarianism related to Open Communication in the U.S. Congress?
Last night, a visitor to Irregular Times named Luke made an interesting conjecture: As a side-note, I am curious about the level of email openness in our Congressmen, if progressive, forward thinking...
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Government Collecting Too Much Information About You? Party Followers Change...
From the Pew Research Center’s American Values Survey: When a Republican is in the White House, Democrats are more concerned than Republicans about the prying eyes of big government. When a Democrat is...
View ArticleSenate Commission To Address Rising Authoritarianism And Threats To...
This afternoon at 2:00, a special U.S. Senate commission will address the rise of authoritarianism, and threats to fair elections. I say it’s about time. Thanks to laws like the Patriot Act and FISA...
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Not the Voice of God You’re Hearing? Sound Check!
A friend who participates in a Facebook group called the “Christian Left” shared this image with me the other day. I wonder if my friend has read the Bible lately. Consider the acts of God and the...
View Article“Not Anything Personal”— An Object Lesson in Discrimination
“Principal Patrick Taylor told the paper that the decision is part of the school’s dress code and it is not anything personal.” — FoxNews, April 5 Claudettia Love of Monroe, Louisiana has received a...
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