Nearly a decade ago thousands of our neighbors, friends, and fellow citizens were maimed and killed in attacks against our country. We all should remember them and their sacrifices.
For months and years after the horrid attacks of 2001 we were told, again and again, that those events of 9/11 had changed everything. But should [...]
Yesterday, the Anti-Defamation League announced their opposition to the Muslim community center to be built in lower Manhattan. The structure which opponents have labeled the “ground-zero mosque” in reality is not at ground-zero of the 9/11 horrors, nor is it exclusively a mosque, but it has become a rallying cry for bigots and opportunists who [...]
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 [...]
I actually find it hard to believe that the Miss America pageant continues to this day. It seems so antiquated and patriarchal that I had actually thought they’d discontinued it. Yet, I find that a new Miss. America was crowned last night. Rima Fakih, Miss. Michigan, is the first Muslim woman to win the prestigious [...]
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 days when my mind just can’t keep up with the insipid reasoning of the rightwing. I generally try to avoid engaging the poorly reasoned ramblings of the bloviating pundit class. But just when I thought that I was out they pull me back in.
Over at the conservative site, townhall.com, Dinesh D’Souza announced that [...]
Usually, I pay little to no attention to the ravings of Ann Coulter. She’s crass, vapid, and incendiary: she is the Andrew Dice Clay of punditry. However, this week she instigated one of her patented kerfuffles when she was interviewed on CNBC and I couldn’t resist commenting. Ann declared that Jews are good people that [...]
