Republicans, Gay Rights, and the Rising Tide
One of the first things I learned as a psychology major in the 60s was that liberals emphasize the role of environment in shaping behavior while conservatives emphasize the role of heredity. Liberals...
View ArticleThe Right Must Be Proven Wrong
In their contribution to the 2008 anti-Obama campaign, conservative non-profit Focus on the Family published their unforgettable “Letter from 2012 in Obama’s America”, making 34 very specific...
View ArticleWhy Dennis Hastert Is the Face of Republican Hypocrisy
I’m not sure where to even start on the Dennis Hastert scandal. For those who came in late, Hastert was the longest serving Republican Speaker of the House (1999-2007) in history who has just been...
View ArticleJeb Bush Promotes Abortion By Shaming Single Mothers (Video)
Former Florida Governor and soon to be Presidential candidate Jeb has consistently made his personal definition of “character” central to his political stances and decisions. This definition is...
View ArticleDefying President Obama, Conservatives Have Yet Again Cut The IRS Budget
U.S. House Republicans are considering a 7.7% cut to the IRS budget, which completely goes against President Barack Obama’s desire for an increase in finances for the beleaguered agency. Currently,...
View ArticleCharleston and the Cycle of Right-Wing Violence
Days before the 150th anniversary of the abolition of slavery, a gunman in Charleston, South Carolina murdered 6 women and 3 men at one of the nation’s oldest black churches. Making a distinct...
View ArticleI Grew Up In the North, Why Was I Taught Southern Revisionist History?
“The majority of slave holders treated their slaves well.” —United States History for Christian Schools, 2nd ed., Bob Jones University Press, 1991 This was the main point my history books always...
View ArticleStacey Dash Remains Clueless About Race In America
Stacey Dash is another Fox contributor who talks way too much and freely gives her opinion when no one asks for it. She’s still continuing her campaign to erase blackness. She doesn’t understand that...
View ArticleThe Flawed Morality of Republican Bathroom Bills
Every four years, like clockwork, the Right-wing manufactures an anti-LGBT wedge issue with the intent to draw their conservative base to the polls in the general election. In 1996, a Republican...
View ArticleHouse Democrats stage sit-in over gun legislation (Video)
In the aftermath of the Orlando shooting, dozens of House Democrats staged a sit-in on the House floor on Wednesday to protest the majority ruling on gun measure controls. Over the past week,...
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