One of the more contentious obstacles in the same-sex marriage debate is what makes someone homosexual. Whether sexual attraction is an immutable genetic trait, a product of environment, or a mixture of the two. There are examples of men and women who self-identified as gay at one point in their … [Read more...]
Every once in a while something so trivial as a comic strip makes a rather profound statement. I think many times, just as in other arenas of creativity i.e., painting, photography, music, poetry, etc. comic strip authors use their talents to make political statements, and they should, it's the … [Read more...]
Any time the hot-button issue of same-sex marriage makes headlines for what ever reason, media outlets and activists tout polls which claim the number of Americans who support same-sex marriage is either on the rise -- which I don't dispute with some qualifications -- or that it is the majority … [Read more...]
Since President Obama's "evolution" in his position on same-sex marriage, the media has been beside itself with praise for his "leadership" on this issue. It doesn't really come as a surprise to me, he seems to support every liberal cause imaginable. Unfortunately the left has not played fair when … [Read more...]
I know a few parents who home school their children. They do so because they are not fond of the atmosphere and disagree with how public schools are run. I can't blame them, the decline in the quality of the public school system has been steady for years. Surveys show that home schooled children … [Read more...]
For the last three and a half years we have been told by political pundits who lean left that criticizing the President is racist. Regardless of the merit of the critique, it is dismissed out of hand because 'some people just can't get over the fact that a black man sits in the white house'. Now, … [Read more...]
North Carolina has joined every other state which allowed its citizens to have a voice on defining marriage and passed an amendment to define marriage as one man and one woman. Yes, every other state. The states in which same-sex marriage is legal it has been declared such in spite of the will of … [Read more...]
President Obama's recent campaign tool is "Julia", a fictional hypothetical woman followed from age 3 to retirement. The point is to show how Julia benefitted from Obama's policies and how she would fare under his Republican challenger, Mitt Romney. I thought it was particularly gutsy of Obama to … [Read more...]
The one year anniversary of the killing of Osama bin Laden has come and gone. Information leading to his whereabouts was obtained through enhanced interrogation techniques. Now, President Obama has decried the use of waterboarding, but is quite happy with himself for the results of the … [Read more...]
(Washington Times) -- Chechnya's government is openly approving of families that kill female relatives who violate their sense of honor, as this Russian republic embraces a fundamentalist interpretation of Islam after decades of religious suppression under Soviet rule. In the past five years, the … [Read more...]
(The Australian) -- THE largest sperm bank in Britain is under investigation from health officials over claims they used sperm from the wrong donor after a gay couple had two children from different racial backgrounds. The alleged mix-up at the IVF clinic only emerged after the birth of the … [Read more...]
Not long ago I asked what I thought was an important question to which everyone needs to have an answer in What makes all human beings equal? The post didn't elicit as many replies or discussion as I had anticipated. But I'd like to pose a somewhat rhetorical question. The call for people … [Read more...]
The 99%'ers are losing their media traction and quickly becoming irrelevant as a movement. Don't get me wrong, this is a good thing. For all the good they and their sympathizers think they did, the bad outweighed it many times over (I have compiled more than 75 news articles recording "purely … [Read more...]
Eww people! This seems to be the sentiment of many environmentalists. The notion that everything would be just fine and dandy if all the disgusting humans weren't ruining everything. Intrusive laws and regulations imposed all in the name of saving the environment which, by the way, doesn't need … [Read more...]
I currently voluntarily find myself in an "interview" via email correspondence with a fellow blogger. I use quote marks because the interviewer has quickly gone from interviewer to debater, which doesn't really bother me, I like debating. We are at a point now where he has capitalized on my … [Read more...]
Consider also... (Center for American Progress) -- The right to vote is under attack all across our country. Conservative legislators are introducing and passing legislation that creates new barriers for those registering to vote, shortens the early voting period, imposes new requirements for … [Read more...]
It is difficult to surf the internet without coming across articles or social media sites cheering the arrest of George Zimmerman for the death of Florida teen Trayvon Martin. I have been taken back by how much publicity this has gotten -- making daily national headlines, and how passionate people … [Read more...]
George Zimmerman was inevitably charged with second degree murder by Florida special prosecutor Angela Corey. This came more than a month after the event which led to the arrest. For some, it was long overdue. For others, like me, it is considered a travesty of justice. Not so much because … [Read more...]
Our fundamental freedoms in our great nation are laid out in the U.S. Constitution, among the most cherished are the Bill of Rights. What is so important about the Bill of Rights is the protection it grants from government imposition. Among the freedoms I believe most people take for granted is … [Read more...]
Note: This post will be updated as new events and information arise. (07/17/13) Below is an incomplete list of some under-reported facts surrounding the Trayvon Martin case: The State's key witness, Trayvon Martin's girlfriend has been caught lying under oath, and is not the first piece of … [Read more...]
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