Why Britain Must Ban Some Faith Schools
A recent undercover report has established that there are literally hundreds of faith schools, primarily Muslim but a number are Jewish, in Britain that is, frankly, disgraceful and has no place in a civilized country.
What Science Says About Bringing Guns Into Schools
In the wake of the Florida shooting, US President Trump said that “highly trained” teachers with guns could help prevent tragedies. “A teacher woulda shot the hell out of him before he knew what happened,” Trump told a crowd at the Conservative Political Action Conference on Friday.
Smearing Immigrants: Exploiting the Tragedy of Death
As a group, immigrants are among the least violent, least prone to commit crimes, of any of us in the United States. That’s a fact. Those here with no legal documentation are even less likely to commit crimes. Who needs the attention?
When Flipping Off the Police Is A First Amendment Issue
We are surrounded by idiots, and the police regularly play in the sandbox with them. I can guarantee it’s not always a fun time. I found this in Newsweek, and it makes my point perfectly:
He’s Marvelous, He’s Our President and the World Mocks, Groans and Shivers in Fear
But marvelous things indeed, a government headed toward one-party control of all branches of government; a government packing all institutions with crooks and incompetents and some dedicated to crippling or eliminating science and education or separation of Church and Government power.
When Obstructing Justice is a Relevant Point
Whether Trump or his campaign worked together with the Russians to ensure his victory and then obstructed justice to prevent certain information from coming to light, or that he did not, is really an irrelevant point right now.
The Muslim Council of Britain
Yes. Before you start. I know. Here he goes again ‘Muslim bashing’. He’s a racist Nazi Islamophobe. I’ve heard it all before and I happen to know it’s bull. I know myself better than anyone – well, apart from the wife. Can’t keep anything from the wife. Just as well I’ve been a faithful and loyal hubby for 33 years. If I hadn’t have been I’d be dead.
Czech Republic’s Tiny Muslim Community Subject to Hate
Walking along the idyllic streets of Prague just blocks away from the famed Wenceslas Square, 38-year-old Palestinian-born Raed Shaikh stopped to point out a halal grocery store he and the handful of other Muslim residents in town frequent.
Alabama Evangelicals Prove Their Hypocrisy
The fact that we need to have this conversation today, tells us everything we need to know about how far from grace the republican party has fallen. They are now officially morally bankrupt.
Mark Halperin Now Faces a Dozen Sexual Harassment Accusers
(NEWSER) – CNN reported Friday that four more women have leveled allegations of sexual harassment against journalist Mark Halperin. The news channel said that one woman claimed Halperin masturbated in her presence after she went to his ABC News office to seek advice from him about her career at the news division, where she was a desk assistant.
Daylight Saving Time Sucks-Now We Have to Wait Until Next Week To Fall Back
I loathe Daylight Savings Time (DST). I want it dark early evening and light early morning. I don’t want that bright and shining cyclops still hanging in the sky at 9 o’clock at night. At 9 o’clock I’m thinking of going to bed to read a good book, and, if it’s still light outside I feel obligated to be outside.
Right Wing or Left Wing: The Dangers of Pigeonhole Polarization
Here in our relatively comfortable western democracies we have many rights. If I listed them all then I would be typing – well, a list really. That would be pretty boring wouldn’t it? Mind you, I’m assuming what I do type isn’t pretty boring but, after all, we are entitled to live in hope as well as freedom are we not? So, I will live in hope that I don’t bore you. If I do, I won’t apologize as, being human, I have a right to bore you. So there.
Facebook: A Rodeo of Rage
It’s hard to quit the rodeo of rage – that morning boost as the hormones kick in and you feel smart and purposeful. Then there’s the companionship (in a way) of your fellow rage wranglers telling each other how angry they are as they wrangle scapegoats and lasso them for branding.
J. Edgar Hoover Set Out To Convince Public Oswald Killed JFK
A memo written by FBI director J. Edgar Hoover, released among 2,800 declassified records relating to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, has shown how in the days after Lee Harvey Oswald was shot, the FBI planned to convince the public that he was the real assassin as soon as possible