Since the economic collapse in 2008 and the rise of the Obama candidacy, and then presidency, our nation has seen a significant increase in race baiting. This repugnance came to the forefront this week when Andrew Breitbart released a deceptively edited video purporting to show an African-American department of agriculture employee boasting to the NAACP [...]
A public mural in Prescott, AZ has drawn the ire of racists who have demanded that it be destroyed, but as a compromise it’s been decided to simply caucasian-up the children depicted in the piece. As the Arizonia Republic reports, “The “Go on Green” mural, which covers two walls outside Miller Valley Elementary School, was [...]
Not long ago, I wrote how the Catholic church said it was unwilling to take action against clergy who had molested children. It now seems, however, the Church is more than prepared to take action against a greater heresy: Saving the life of a pregnant woman. Recently Sister Margaret McBride of Phoenix, AZ was excommunicated [...]
Bill Donohue — of the Catholic League — is arguing that Cardinal Ratzinger (now Pope) could not take any Church action against Fr. Murphy for raping molesting of 200 children in the 50’s-60’s due to a statute of limitations. This is the same Church which condemned Galileo for heresy in 1633, and forced him to [...]
There are a number of things I generally avoid talking about because they force me to apply logical arguments in opposition to irrational, racist, ignorant, or hateful rhetoric. But in today’s media landscape –where even the most irrational arguments are accepted, if they tow the authoritarian line– it seems that thoughtful [...]
This Sunday, 11/18/07, the NorthShore chapter of the Illinois Green Party will be showing Ian Inaba’s film American Blackout at our coffeehouse. The film documents the practices of fraud and voter caging which have occurred in recent elections. There will be a number of Illinois Green candidates attending the showing, as well as people involved [...]
One of the great things about running an independent coffeehouse is the variety of people you meet and the movements you become aware of. A year or so ago, one of our regular customers convinced us to become an exchange point and merchant for Liberty Dollars. The Liberty Dollar is a private currency which is [...]
