M. Obama at the Oscars and countdown to the Pope being nope pope

Issues in the News: I Well, Pope Benedict XVI has only a few more hours left and then the chaos of no pope in Rome! Well, there is no Italian government in Rome right now, so I guess it isn't that bad. One of the more anti-gay Cardinals, Keith O'Brien of Britain, will not be...

Farrakhan recruits Chicago gangs to serve as ‘natural soldiers’ f

http://newsdoors.blogspot.com/2013/02/farrakhan-recruits-chicago-gangs-to.html UNIVERSITY VILLAGE — Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan told thousands of followers Sunday he was planning to reach out to gang leaders to help "protect" the Nation of Islam. That came...

Would Bruno Mars be fine in NYC without police harassment?

If you are a young black or latino man in New York City, like the star singer Bruno Mars, the 4th Amendment does not really apply to you. It does in theory, and arguably it still does somewhat in part, but not really on the streets of the city. That is not to say that a young...

Ace of Cakes star gives a cake for same sex wedding

Congressman Rush Holt, a physicist by profession, gave a speech praising Charles Darwin on his birthday, February 12th. Strangely, Congressman Holt is not on the House Science Committee but Congrassman Broun is on it. Broun by the way, stated that evolution, embryology and...

The 'Science Guy' explains why creationism is bu

Evolution is the foundation for modern science. Bill Nye in this video explains that creationism, or the ironically evolved term, intelligent design, needlessly complicates things. He is exactly right, of course. Creationists state that life is so complex that it needs a...

Why is the government paying 20K to repair a cross?

Alto Pass, Illinois is a rather small little village towards the southern tip of that state. A few hundred people. But at it is the center of controversy, because it is one more example of the government actively promoting religon, specifically Christianity. A 111 foot cross...

TN rep. believes gays are "the biggest bullies" in the world

President Obama just attended the National Prayer Breakfast. It is a breakfast, with prayer, attended by members of Congress and the president, since the 1950s. I was thinking how awesome it would be for President Obama to attend a convention of the American Humanist...

How the religious right tell former addicts to hate gays

There are many people in the religious right who had lived, before they supposedly found their deity, a screwed up life. They were alcoholics. They were on drugs. Cocaine, heroin etc. They were depressed and suicidal. Well, once they find religion they judge gays as wicked....

Police abuses once again including 12 year old in handcuffs

Here are more examples of police violating the basic liberties of their fellow citizens. I wish that there came a time when there weren't more examples, but sadly I can't even write about all of them, unless I devote my column to just police abuses, and no other issues. In...

Gangnam for human rights

Alto Pass, Illinois is a rather small little village towards the southern tip of that state. A few hundred people. But at it is the center of controversy, because it is one more example of the government actively promoting religon, specifically Christianity. A 111 foot...