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May 2012

May 16, 2012

The Badly Misnamed Liberty University

Right Wing Watch did a really interesting series of posts last week about the badly...

May 16, 2012

Republican Pollster Urges Shift on Equality

Andrew Sullivan has the text of a very interesting memo from one of the top...

May 16, 2012

Bush Officials Found Guilty of War Crimes. In Malaysia.

George Bush, Dick Cheney and other Bush administration officials probably won't be traveling to Malaysia...

May 16, 2012

Another Day, Another Outrage

Police officer tases a young man (a young black man, of course), then kicks his...

May 16, 2012

The Horrors of Private Juvenile Facilities

Alternet has an article about the routinely brutal and appalling conditions at many privately-run juvenile...

May 16, 2012

Badass Quote of the Day

A very telling statement, from Gerald Rafshoon, who was one of Jimmy Carter's press secretaries:...

May 15, 2012

Rosenhouse Gets an Amusing Troll

My old Science Blogs colleague Jason Rosenhouse wrote about Obama's half-hearted embrace of marriage equality...

May 15, 2012

Funniest Reaction to Obama Marriage Equality Support

Someone emailed me a link to a Youtube clip of a guy named Neal Horsley,...

May 15, 2012

Jonah Goldberg: Conservative Wonder Boy

Alex Pareene has a thorough and often very funny article about Jonah Goldberg, one of...

May 15, 2012

Romney’s Complete Lack of Irony

At his commencement speech to Liberty University graduates, Mitt Romney received a polite but restrained...

May 15, 2012

Bloomberg Defends Stop and Frisk Policy

With the release of a recent report by the New York Civil Liberties Union showing...

May 15, 2012

Culture Wars Radio: Edwina Rogers

I forgot to post about this week's episode of Culture Wars Radio to remind people...

May 15, 2012

Bristol Palin: Seriously, Just Shut Up

If there's a more annoying person in politics today than Sarah Palin, it's her even...

May 15, 2012

‘Psychics’ Use Google to Defraud Clients

This one seems so obvious as to almost be a "dog bites man" story. A...

May 15, 2012

WND Interviews William Murray

I'm not the world's biggest fan of Madilyn Murray O'Hair. I recognize the influence and...

May 15, 2012

Could Obama’s Statement Affect the Supreme Court?

There has been a great deal of reaction and speculation following President Obama's endorsement of...

May 15, 2012

Bipartisan Effort to End Indefinite Detention

Adam Serwer at Mother Jones has a hopeful article about a bipartisan effort in the...

May 15, 2012

Interesting Factoid of the Day

From Max McLelland of Mother Jones: There are, you'll probably not be surprised to learn,...

May 15, 2012

More Religious Projection on Atheists

One of the more annoying things to me is hearing religious people project their inadequacies...

May 14, 2012

Bachmann’s Swiss Citizenship

I'm sure you've heard by now about Michele Bachmann and her family getting citizenship in...

May 14, 2012

Public Supports Deep Cuts in Defense Spending

As the leadership of both major parties works together to avoid any serious cut in...

May 14, 2012

Rand Paul: Pre-Teen?

Of all the reactions to President Obama's announcement last week of support for marriage equality,...

May 14, 2012

WND Pimps Creationist Stupidity

The Worldnutdaily has yet another advertisement for a book they're selling, barely disguised as an...

May 14, 2012

Texas Legislator Misquotes Bible

Rep. Joe Barton -- the other Barton from Texas, and a wholly owned subsidiary of...

May 14, 2012

Goldberg Caught Inflating Resume — Again.

Jonah Goldberg of the National Review seems to be trying to match Bill O'Reilly in...

May 14, 2012

CFI Files Secular Celebrant Suit in Indiana

The Center for Inquiry has filed a federal lawsuit challenging a law in Indiana that...

May 14, 2012

NOM Promises to Defeat Obama

The National Organization for Marriage, a merry collection of bigots and halfwits, is outraged --...

May 14, 2012

West Gets Push Back from Conservative Writer

Pete Wehner of Commentary is one of the more reasonable conservative writers, for the most...

May 14, 2012

RNC Needs New Hispanic Outreach Person

The polls show that President Obama has a huge lead over Mitt Romney among Latino...

May 14, 2012

When Christians Abandon Free Will

One of the internal contradictions in Christianity that has long seemed obvious to me is...

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