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January 2012

January 22, 2012

Yakety Sax and Jesus

Ironically, the only thing that the song Yakety Sax couldn't make funny was the Benny...

January 22, 2012

A Military Wife Confronts Bill Kristol

Wow, this is incredible to watch. Bill Kristol was on C-Span and the wife of...

January 22, 2012

Peter Popoff: Monument to Human Stupidity

One of the things that turned me into a skeptic was watching James Randi on...

January 21, 2012

Peter Grant Steals from FTB

It came to my attention Saturday morning that this site is stealing content from Freethought...

January 21, 2012

Paula Deen Cooks Healthy

I've never been one to shy away from unhealthy foods, though I'm trying to get...

January 21, 2012

Badass Quote of the Day

Former Bush speechwriter David Brooks, while covering the Republican primary in South Carolina, absolutely nails...

January 21, 2012

NCSE Adds Climate Change to Mandate

I am happy to see that the National Center for Science Education is moving beyond...

January 21, 2012

Officer Who Arrested Mel Gibson Gets Day in Court

This is an interesting case. The Los Angeles sheriff’s deputy who arrested Mel Gibson for...

January 21, 2012

Siljander Goes to Jail

Former Michigan Rep. Mark Siljander, who was my congressman during my late teenage years, has...

January 20, 2012

VA Nurse Fired for Mistreating Lesbian Vet

Remember the story of the lesbian Marine veteran who was terribly mistreated by a nurse...

January 20, 2012

JD Spews Some Stupid on Prayer Mural Case

You knew that Air Force Major Jonathan C. Dowty, aka JD the Christian fighter pilot,...

January 20, 2012

Dumbest. “News.” Report. Ever.

I guarantee this is going to make your jaw drop. Even if you're a cynical...

January 20, 2012

McCain Research File on Romney Now Public

Every campaign creates an opposition research file on all of their rivals, a detailed record...

January 20, 2012

Fischer: Evangelicals Dull and Easily Fooled

World class whacko Bryan Fischer seems to have finally realized that people like him tend...

January 20, 2012

Get Your Evil Little Shirts

Everyone at Freethought Blogs admires the hell out of Jessica Ahlquist and the extraordinary courage...

January 20, 2012

Gingrich’s Ex Spills the Beans

Marianne Gingrich, Newt's second wife, has long said that she could kill his electoral career...

January 20, 2012

Boykin Endorses Santorum

Rick Santorum has picked up an endorsement from one of the craziest and most dangerous...

January 20, 2012

Muslim Offense Threatens Rushdie Appearance

A planned appearance by Salman Rushdie at an Indian literary conference may not take place...

January 20, 2012

Obama Mentions the Enlightenment

In addition to being MLK day on Monday, it was also Religious Freedom Day, a...

January 20, 2012

Another Reason to Love the First Amendment

Here's a very disturbing case out of Poland, where a singer has been fined by...

January 20, 2012

Staver Likes Diversity Elsewhere

Mat Staver, the dumbest lawyer in America not named Larry Klayman and also the dean...

January 19, 2012

Newt Wants Palin

No, he's not looking for his fourth wife -- at least not yet. After she...

January 19, 2012

The New Banner

You may have noticed the new banner at the top of the page. Dispatches reader...

January 19, 2012

The Pipeline Rejection That Wasn’t

When I heard early on Wednesday that President Obama was going to reject the Keystone...

January 19, 2012

Santorum: Totally Not Anti-Gay

Rick Santorum's wife was asked by the mother of a gay man about her husband's...

January 19, 2012

Romney’s Non-Answer on Indefinite Detention of Americans

During Monday's Fox News debate, the candidates were asked about the NDAA and specifically the...

January 19, 2012

James O’Keefe Commits Voter Fraud

In an attempt to prove the existence of voter fraud, James O'Keefe and his merry...

January 19, 2012

Misunderstanding Assisted Suicide

I reported a couple weeks ago on a new report that shows that there has...

January 19, 2012

Huntsman Flip Flops on Flip Flopper

Jon Huntsman withdrew from the Republican presidential primary on Monday and threw his support behind...

January 19, 2012

The Essential Emptiness of Political Rhetoric

Andrew Sullivan highlights this quote from Albert Camus, which strikes me as every bit as...

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