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December 2011

December 24, 2011

AFA Pulls Christmas Cross

A couple years ago I reported about the American Family Association selling an artificial burning...

December 24, 2011

How to Avoid Advancing the Gay Agenda

Virulently anti-gay wingnut Peter LaBarbera calls on righteous bigots to use the Human Rights Campaign's...

December 23, 2011

Michigan Judge Jails Lawyer For Doing His Job

Here's an astonishing case out of Michigan, where a judge jailed an attorney for contempt...

December 23, 2011

The Navy’s First Lesbian Kiss

There is a tradition in the U.S. Navy that when a ship returns home, they...

December 23, 2011

Barton Lies. Film at 11.

When Right Wing Watch puts up a video and says it contains "one of the...

December 23, 2011

Newt’s Religious Freedom Doubletalk

After his long history of adultery, Newt Gingrich is desperate to get the religious right...

December 23, 2011

Dumbest. Bill. Ever.

Greg Laden reports on a bill submitted to the legislature in New Hampshire that may...

December 23, 2011

Robert O’Brien Nominee: Sher Zieve

If you're looking for your daily dose of serious right wing insanity, Sher Zieve has...

December 23, 2011

A Fair Counterpoint on Ron Paul

Andrew Sullivan and Conor Friedersdorf make a very reasonable argument about Ron Paul and racism....

December 23, 2011

Why Good Cops Should Want Everything Recorded

I've written over and over again about bad cops being caught lying on police reports...

December 23, 2011

Arpaio Doesn’t Believe in Free Speech

The Department of Justice has concluded an investigation into civil rights violations by the office...

December 22, 2011

Bennett, Dobson Reflect on Manhood

Bill Bennett went on James Dobson's radio show to promote his new book about manhood...

December 22, 2011

Marcus Bachmann Has His Cause Figured Out

Should Marcus Bachmann become the First Gentleman of the United States -- which is about...

December 22, 2011

The James Randi Problem

This news is actually a few months old, but it recently came up in a...

December 22, 2011

Another Loony Conspiracy Theory from Tea Party Nation

Judson Phillips, head of the Tea Party Nation, continues his one-man crazy parade by promoting...

December 22, 2011

Ron Paul: The Presidential X Factor

There are signs that Ron Paul is enjoying a bit of a surge in Iowa...

December 22, 2011

Lawsuit Filed by Muslims Denied Flight

Two Muslim men from Tennessee have filed a federal lawsuit against Delta Airlines because they...

December 22, 2011

Judge Held Liable for Religious References, Retaliation

This is a very interesting free speech case out of Michigan. Judge Mark Somers, the...

December 22, 2011

The Defense Bill and Indefinite Detention

There seems to be a disagreement between a couple of prominent commentators on whether the...

December 22, 2011

Gingrich Gets Even More Insane

Just when you thought Newt Gingrich's positions on judicial independence couldn't get any more insane...

December 22, 2011

Air Force Base Violates Open Forum Laws, Relents

Justin Griffith reports that Travis Air Force has accepted a Christian and Jewish holiday display...

December 21, 2011

DOJ: Arpaio Engages in Racist Policing

In what has to be the least surprising news you will hear this week, the...

December 21, 2011

Rick Perry = Tim Tebow

Rick Perry came out last week and declared himself "the Tim Tebow of the Iowa...

December 21, 2011

Norris Lies About Religion and the Military

In case my friend and co-blogger Chris Rodda hasn't seen it, Chuck Norris' latest column...

December 21, 2011

Democratic Blindness to Obama’s Faults

I had a brief but absurd exchange with someone on my Facebook friends list on...

December 21, 2011

Ron Paul’s Racist Newsletters

I have written many times before of one of the primary reasons why I can't...

December 21, 2011

Bryan Fischer Award Nominee: Allen West

Rep. Allen West makes a strong case for the Bryan Fischer Award with this Glenn...

December 21, 2011

DOJ Finds Rampant Police Abuse in Seattle

After a long investigation, the Department of Justice has concluded that police misconduct and brutality...

December 21, 2011

Klayman Lies About Obama

Larry Klayman, aka the Worst Lawyer in America, declares in his latest column, "Obama is...

December 21, 2011

Hitchens on Atheism and Living Well

“The only position that leaves me with no cognitive dissonance is atheism. It is not...

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