$1 trillion wasted on the war on drugs, time to end it now

Since the start of the drug war we have spent over $1 trillion dollars on the drug war and the rates of drug addiction are just as high as they were in the 1960s. Simply, what a waste of money. Waste of lives. Innocent men and women killed by police who search the wrong...

Church teaches interracial marriage is plan of devil

The Christian right-wing dominate much of society. But should they? Appleby Baptist Church in Nacogdoches, Texas teaches that African Americans have the color of skin that they do because the son of Noah, Ham, had sex with his drunk father. This story is of course a myth,...

One man loses his job, and another man his life, for using pot

While support for marijuana legalization is rising in America, and there is overwhelming support for medical marijuana legalization, medical marijuana patients still suffer harsh discrimination. Sometimes they can lose their job, and sometimes they can lose their life. In the...

A tale of two Freds, one who welcomed you and one who hated you

Everyone of my age loved Mr. Rogers growing up. My age being the same age of watching the Incredible Hulk and MASH on television. Simply, Fred Rogers is one of the greatest and most wonderful men that our nation has ever produced. Although I an atheist and he was a...

Why can the police put you in jail for a week, after an illegal a

A recent U.S. Supreme Court case affirmed the ability of police to engage in strip searches after an arrest, at a police station, even for minor arrests. I am kind of torn on this, because while I don't support the drug war, along as it exists I can understand police wanting...

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 the government should not say your god is true

I called in to a national radio talk show. The host is a Jewish conservative but a supporter of the government promoting religion (or at least theism) by keeping the mentioning of a god in the Pledge of Allegiance, on our currency, among other things. I stated, as I have...

More police abuse videos, to start off 2013

Happy new year, or I hope you had a happy old year, based on if you are reading this in 2013 or 2012. Well, a topic of mine has been police abusing their authority and yes, once again, this will be one of those columns. In this video police in Chicago are writing a guy a...

Red Dawn, and the absurd premise of who invades the U.S.

When I was a kid I went to see the 1984 movie, Red Dawn at a drive-in. I was still naive enough at the time to believe that the Soviets could invade the U.S., as the film shows. Heck, the Soviets might not even have had a navy that could have invaded Canada. But, at least...

Victory for Obama, gay marriage and marijuana legalization!

Yes, President Obama was re-elected. I guess Mitt Romney running on calling the federal emergency agency of our nation, FEMA, as immoral, didn't work out too well after Hurricane Sandy. We won't have Romney commanding us like he commanded young women when he was a Mormon...

Give to marriage equality today, and Brad Pitt will match you!

Brad Pitt is offering to match up to $100,000 total, to fight the anti-gay marriage ban in Minnesota and to support the vote on marriage equality in Washington, Maryland and Maine. You have to midnight tonight, Oct. 31st, to contribute. Mr. Pitt is allying with the Human...

NFL, refs compromise after debacle in Seattle

The NFL can insist all it wants that the national outrage over the performance of replacement officials had nothing to do with ending its lockout of referees. Hogwash. It had everything to do with the agreement reached Wednesday night, which ended the lockout and calmed...

An Ounce of Prevention...Judge Esther L. Wiggins

My daughter is 14 years old. The last time her father allowed me to see her, she was 7 years old. I saw her at her home in Alsace, France December 7th, 2005. My beautiful girl was unable to speak a word of English. Her father abandoned her with two elderly women. He...

CITY OF SEATTLE ALLOWS WOMAN TO SWIM TOPLESS IN PUBLIC POOL

Last year, shortly after discovering a lump in her right breast, 45-year-old Jodi Jaecks of Seattle was diagnosed with cancer. As a result, she went through chemotherapy and eventually chose to have a double-mastectomy. After being declared cancer-free, Jaecks wanted to...