A common line among conservatives is that they don't want people to infringe on their lifestyle or to pay for theirs. This line is a complete lie. In late 1990s, I lived in the Silicon Valley and worked in the software industry. Me and the people around me were...
There are Republican political figures, such as Alan Keyes, who are claiming that homosexuality leads to incest. The response is that homosexuality never leads to incest; but there are times when incest leads to homosexuality.
Of the gay and bisexual man...
An error that many on the Left make is believing the right-wing conmen who claim that they are America or that they are Christianity. From that position, these people start going against America and Christianity. In fact, both the conmen who make such claims and the people...
Having been around serious Christians for a number of years, I have developed respect for a creed that I originally saw as being thoroughly wrong. That respect however does not extend to deception that passes in many places as Christian teachings or Christian values.One of...
There are many people who state that they don't want the government telling them how to think. And yet these same people are perfectly happy to let non-government entities such as Christian Right, Texas Oil, Jehovah's Witnesses and right-wing talk radio tell them what to...
Rick Santorum claims that using birth control is "counter to how things are supposed to be." The problem is, Rick Santorum has no business claiming to speak for how things are supposed to be; and if things were as...
A claim that keeps being made by the Christian Right is that America's system of governance is based upon Christianity, and that Christians built America. Both of these claims are false.A document signed by American government in 1790 stated that America's system of...
In 1998, after observing activities of the Christian Right in California where I was living and working, I predicted what was going to happen. And it did. I knew what they were up to, and I described them as Nazis of America. I knew that they were going to seriously...
The Olympia Snowe Republicans were the yuppies and entrepreneurs of 1980s and 1990s. These people were attracted to the Republican Party for its promise of economic opportunity. After seeing the economy thrive under Clinton and fail under Bush, and after seeing the Republican...
The right-wingers continue to make the false claim that they are America, and that the rest of America isn't. In fact America owes more to the liberal Democrats than it does to the Tea Party.The Democrats form the bulk of American science, which is at the root of everything...
Much has been written about the dangers of drug addiction and what it does to the brain. But there is another substance that does worse things to the brain of the addict. That substance is oil.
The oil addict, like the drug addict, likes to deny reality. Except...
Here is a perfect example of radicalized Christians being on the same level as radicalized Muslims. I thought that their “free speech” suit would be before the Supreme Court by now so that the Court can tell...
Olympia Snowe, a Maine Republican Senator, has been making overtures toward the Democratic Party. This is reflective of a deeper social trend, and it is one that should be of interest to the Democrats.
The Olympia Snowe Republicans were the yuppies and entrepreneurs of...
One frequent claim made by American Right is that the Roman Empire fell apart because of its "decadence." Like most claims of American Right this one is wrong, and it is time that more people see that.The Roman...
A Christian Right candidate for political office compared America to "a woman who was doing her own thing" and whom a religious figure grabbed and was spanking and was insisting on spanking until she "repented." The actions of Christian Right in reality have been directed...