If you’re a fan of incoherent counterfactual claims and don’t mind if a few of your neurons commit suicide I recommend watching this video: [https://www.youtube.com/embed/wYc92hi5shE?feature=oembed] You’ll be treated to a half-hour of Sarah Palin “winging it” at the Iowa “Freedom Summit”. Among other gems she claims it is really the Republican party that cares about women while the Democratic party wants to oppress women. Hmmm, let me think for a minute.

So Indiana Gov. Mike Pence initiates a project to use state tax dollars to run a state managed news outlet. Yay! Just what we need an American version of Pravda. I’ve got to wonder what the de-facto GOP news outlet, Fox News, thinks about this competition. Especially in light of the fact that Republicans swear that government can’t do anything right and every function should be privatized. P.S., You’ve got to love the irony of someone who ostensibly believe in “small government” spending tax dollars to make them look good.

This article is another indicator that American Christians have more in common with the Taliban and other fundamentalist Muslims than they like to admit. Ms. Partridge says she won’t be wearing tight-fitting clothing any more because she doesn’t want to entice men to look at her. My recommendation is she wear a burqa or, better yet, just stay home and never venture out in public. Oh, wait, that isn’t my recommendation.

The people of Greece just elected someone who has a better grasp of economics than any American politician who is a member of the Republican party (not to mention almost every member of the Democratic party). Somewhat more surprising is that the new Greek prime minister, Alexis Tsipras, is a forthright atheist. From The Economist: GREECE’S new prime minister, Alexis Tsipras, made history within hours of his victory by informing the Archbishop of Athens, very politely, that clerical services would not be required for his swearing-in ceremony.

I watched the latest Clint Eastwood movie “American Sniper” this afternoon. I enjoyed it. I thought Bradley Cooper’s performance was excellent but not among the best I’ve seen this past year. I would recommend the movie to others. But it isn’t in my top ten movies of the past year. It might not even make make the top twenty list. The movie “Wild”, as one example, is a better movie and yet garnered only one nomination for lead actor.

Today I received another email from the FRC (Family Research Council) imploring me to oppose abortion (which is not a surprise): I want to encourage you to contact your Representative and urge them to support passage of the “Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act” (H.R. 36) sponsored by Rep. Trent Franks (R-Ariz.)and Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn).This legislation is essential to stopping late abortion. It would also help stop so-called doctors, like the now imprisoned Dr.

I can’t say enough good things about the Secular Student Alliance. SSA, much like FFRF (Freedom From Religion Foundation), makes concrete improvements in reducing the influence of religion every single day. Today I received an email from SSA informing me they set a new milestone last year by having more than $1M USD in revenue. That is fantastic but not nearly enough. Groups like the SSA are critical to the future of secularism.

This article at thehumanist.com caught my attention. It refers to a t-shirt by New York artist Dylan Chenfeld which states that “I Met God She’s Black”. The point being that assuming God is a white male is something unique to Western Europe and America. Why would God have a gender? Why would God have a skin color? God in the form of a human (Jesus) would of course have a gender and skin color (i.

You’ve got to love it when one of the hosts on Fox News, in this case Shannon Bream, makes it crystal clear they are racists. From the New Civil Rights Movement: On Fox’s “Outnumbered” Wednesday, the cast got into a discussion about how Paris police didn’t have enough weapons, which enabled – they claimed – the Islamic extremist terrorists to massacre 12 people. Enter Fox News anchor Shannon Bream, a former corporate attorney and graduate of Jerry Falwell’s Liberty University.

I just received an email with the subject “Stand with the Christian Fire Chief fired for his faith” from Tony Perkins of the Family Research Council (FRC). The first paragraph predictably plays the persecution card: Religious liberty is dangling by a thread over a raging fire of government intolerance! Perkins then moves on to an outright lie: After more than 30 years of distinguished public service as a firefighter, Atlanta’s Fire and Rescue Chief, Kelvin Cochran was fired for his religious beliefs by Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed.