The paradox of the right
Today, the US Senate killed an amendment to a Highway Bill that would have allowed employers to cherry-pick what health procedures they would not want to cover for their employees, based on the...
View ArticleRush wins the public agenda
At this point, everyone knows that Rush Limbaugh called Sandra Fluke a slut. In fact, so many people know that happened that no one actually knows what point Ms. Fluke was trying to make. If Limbaugh...
View ArticleA round-up starts with a few strays
I used to keep an eye on a lot of blog-friends. One of the things I noticed when I returned to semi-regular posting is that many of them have disappeared. That makes me a little sad. At this point, I...
View Article“Woman” is code for “homo sapien” too
I had to turn off the Brian Lehrer Show today because the entire premise of their “End of War” discussion was just so vile and hateful that I couldn’t stomach it. The series is aimed at logically...
View ArticleTime for a relaunch
As should be apparent from the lack of posting, I have simply lost the passion for writing about politics and religion. I try to keep my poli sci skills dusted off at my other site, and, after taking a...
View ArticleMy first post about being a dad
The first time I became a dad, it was intentional. My first wife and I became foster parents and then went through the legal steps to adopt my daughter and eldest son. They were already teenagers, and...
View ArticleThe moral vacuum of college football
Penn State has been penalized by the NCAA for allowing Jerry Sandusky to run his child sodomy mill without fear of disclosure or punishment. The “punishments” include: Four year postseason ban 10...
View ArticleFranklin Graham blind/deaf to his own words
I do enough disagreeing with people that I really try to give them credit when it’s due. And in the case of Franklin Graham and the fight against HIV/AIDS, he’s been on the right side of the issue for...
View ArticleThe cost of austerity
This heartbreaking story illustrates why “austerity” actually becomes a “war on the poor,” even if it isn’t intended that way. According to SOS Villages, a European charity that attempts to help...
View ArticleSo…why?
Michael Berube, who sat as the Paterno Family Professor in Literature at Penn State, has written an essay entitled Why I Resigned the Paterno Chair. For an English professor, he does a poor job (in my...
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