The author is getting hammered here (no pun intended), but he’s right. Anyone who thinks alcohol is not a crisis issue with our young people has their head up their a$$. No kidding. From ENEWSPF: >I have no sympathy for young, self-entitled adults extending their adolescence with alleged illegal behavior, particularly when it comes to [...]
Who are these Americans obsessing over the falsehood that Barack Obama is a Muslim? And how can we remain silent as the right wing continues to twist the word "Muslim" into a pejorative? In the midst of the last presidential election, I spoke with friends of mine who are Muslim. They were understandably disappointed with [...]
Ground Zero is sacred ground. You better believe it is. So where is the voice of the G.O.P. shouting a unanimous and bombasitic, “NO!!!!!!” regarding the Ground Zero Strip Club? The G.O.P. wants us to believe that it is wrong for a religious group to openen a community center close to Ground Zero. The religious [...]
Doing another post on this because I’m, frankly, delighted that the President has issued such an unequivocal statement on this issue. From Anti-War.com: Finally breaking his administration’s official silence on the matter, President Obama today insisted that he supports the so-called Ground Zero mosque, insisting that Muslims have “the right to build a place of [...]
This is just about prejudice. And the right wing should be ashamed. Thank you, Mr. President, for speaking out. You deserve a second term, sir. From the Associated Press: President Barack Obama on Friday forcefully endorsed allowing a mosque near ground zero, saying the country’s founding principles demanded no less. "As a citizen, and as [...]
They have got to be kidding. No, I guess they’re not. From Open Salon: So how are you going to spend this September 11? I have no plans yet myself, although I’m sure that at some point my thoughts will wander back to that ghastly day in 2001 when I climbed up to the roof [...]
From the L.A. Times: Phil Jackson said it himself. He’s ready for one last stand. Energized after a week at his Montana lakeside home, Jackson decided to return for an 11th season with the Lakers, the chance to go for another three-peat outweighing the desire to be merely a spectator next season. "Count me in," [...]
The title is tongue in cheek. The research is real. From Science Magazine: Who are the Jews? For more than a century, historians and linguists have debated whether the Jewish people are a racial group, a cultural and religious entity, or something else. More recently, scientists have been weighing in on the question with genetic [...]
From the BBC: A Roman Catholic bishop has been stabbed to death in southern Turkey, state-run media report. Luigi Padovese, 63, was attacked in the garden of his summer house in the Mediterranean port of Iskenderun, according to Anatolia news agency. Police have arrested Bishop Padovese’s driver, a man identified only as Murat A. He [...]
I’m not going to spoil LOST for you if you haven’t seen the last episodes. Let me just congratulate the writers and the actors all. This is perhaps the best story I’ve ever experienced. And the ending has every world religion I’ve ever taught or studied going overtime inside me. LOST forever. LOVE forever. We [...]
