Politics
My date with Orrin Hatch
I know you are oozing with jealousy, but that blur just to the left of the blur that is my face is the senior senator from Utah. This snapshot was taken at a taping of The Music and The Spoken Word where somehow I ended up about six seats and a small aisle away [...]
Can Atheists Be Parents?
Editor’s Note: It has been pointed out that this article is from 1970, so I suppose that changes things a little bit. I preserve the original entry nonetheless.
Apparently not in New Jersey.
According to this Time article, a New Jersey couple has been denied the ability to adopt a child because they are not religious. [...]
Ron Paul Buzz? A Lesson In Conviction.
Do not be deceived by Internet buzz.
I have been pleasantly amused by everything surrounding Ron Paul and, for the sake of completeness, Mike Gravel. There has been a lot of Internet press about these two, though Ron Paul seems to be the real darling (at least of digg).
As you may have noticed, I posted [...]
The Weenies
Okay, let’s get down to business. I feel like a person stuck in the middle of everything. If I were to use labels (and you know simply how much I adore labels), I might call myself a compassionate atheist moderate conservative. Who the hell is on my side?
The bottom line is that [...]
What is conservative?
I have an issue, however, that I want to discuss. I feel that this is an issue that will become a very important topic of debate.
Many of you might find this laughable, but I consider myself a conversative. This might be laughable depending on your definiton of conservative and, more importantly, that is [...]
On Why “Under God” Needs To Go
I say, proudly, no to “Under God.”
To properly cover the issue, the history of the Pledge of Allegiance must first be examined. Then, a discussion of the history of the Establishment Clause (the clause in the Bill of Rights which prohibits Congress from making any law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting an [...]
Marriage? What Marriage?
I’ve written a couple of times in the past about marriage in general and about gay marriage. I’m going to revisit this subject. Please give some feedback on this as I’m not here to crusade for or against… just a moral crusade for thought.
I want to remind everyone of something very important about our heated [...]
More Human Than Human
A blog from a regular, average Iraqi citizen: http://dear_raed.blogspot.com/…
He’s An Asshole!
You know the one I’m talking about. He’s (and to be fair, I’ve known girl ones, too) the one who goes into Jewish chatrooms saying “Heil Hitler!” and into Christian ones professing his love for Satan, then follows that up by going to a gay newsgroup and talking about how much God hates fags.
They’re Internet [...]
They’re Watching You…
…by an old collectivist trick which goes like this: there is no absolute freedom anyway, since you are not free to murder; society limits your freedom when it does not permit you to kill; therefore, society holds the right to limit your freedom in any manner it sees fit; therefore, drop the illusion of freedom–freedom [...]
