Many Republicans live in a fantasy world, where everything is as you wish it to be, and not as it is. To reinforce their magical thinking they bolster their arguments with sources that are, partisan, out of date, cherry-picked and occasionally don’t even agree with their premise - probably in the [accurate] belief that no one will bother [...]
What To Do About Rape in the Military.
Lt. Col. Darin Haas, the head of the sexual assault response program at Fort Campbell, Ky. was removed from his position, after violating his ex-wife's restraining order. An unnamed Sergeant First Class (misnomer?), responsible for sexual assault prevention at Ford Hood Tx. is under investigation for abusive sexual contact. Lt. Col. Jeffrey ...IRSgate - Despite the Hysteria, So Far it's not Watergate.
Republicans are determined to hang the Watergate label around the President's neck now that it has become clear that, not only did the IRS target conservative groups, but that maybe lies have been told about who knew what, and when they knew it. But, before we elevate "IRSgate" to the upper ...
Angelina Jolie Shows a Beautiful Courage
Angela Jolie revealed in an op-ed in the New York Times that she had a double mastectomy and breast reconstruction, after discovering that she had the genetic mutation BRCA1. Her mother's death of ovarian cancer at 57 impelled Jolie to take the genetic test. The operation reduces her chances of ...After Years of Denial Five Republicans Embrace the Scientific Method - Really?
Five members of the House Commerce Committee - all Republican - have got religion about science. In a letter to Kathleen Sibelius, Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), they challenged her not to sacrifice science to politics. Specifically they wrote, "Despite the significant growth of natural gas development, we are ...The Tyranny of the Minority. Why America is not a Democracy.
Ask the "man in the street" what a democracy is and his answer will talk to the idea of a majority. But is that the reality of democracy in America? Consider this. There are 319 million Americans, but because each state has two Senators, regardless of its population - and because of ...
