Woman jailed for 11 days for cursing and was police sting legal?

In a case out of Berrien County, Michigan (which is just a little south if you looked straight across Lake Michigan from Milwaukee towards Michigan) a woman was arrested. Sure you say, that happens pretty often. Well, she was ordered arrested by local Judge Dennis Wiley. The...

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...

Newton, CT pastor forced to apologize after interfaith sermon

The Family Research Council, a strongly anti-gay group, states: " Anti-miscegenation statutes (interracial marriage bans) were intended to keep persons of different races separate. Marriage statutes, on the other hand, are intended to bring persons of the opposite sex...

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...

Woman gets 20 year sentence for defending herself

Twelve minutes, that is all it took. Just twelve minutes. In twelve minutes the jury had convicted Marissa Alexander of a criminal offense that carried a mandatory 10-20 year term. Frankly, some juries take longer to decide which restaurant they are going order from. The...

Pro-drug reformer prosecuted for activism

In New Hampshire in January of 2008, a police officer tried to get talk show host Ian Bernard charged with a criminal offense for the host's promotion of a protest against anti-marijuana laws. A pro-marijuana reformer, James Carroll, held a quanity of marijuana out in the...

How civil asset forfeiture allows police to take your money

Civil asset forfeiture is where the government can take your property, even if they never convicted you of an offense. It's a blatant violation of due process. But, we as Americans allow government to get away with it. Why? Well, part of the problem are the anti-drug zealots....

Edit the bible and no Torahs for women at the Wailing Wall?

Piers Morgan, the host of a nightly talk show host on the cable channel CNN, believes we should edit the bible. I agree with him, we should. Or, at least ignore it. He said the bible and the U.S. Constitution are "inherently flawed." Well, the Constitution is a lot less...

Gay military spouse treated inferior and cheap pastor

Issues in the news. The question of homosexuality in the Boy Scouts is news, with the Boy Scouts maybe changing their policy on banning gays in the Boy Scouts. Well, Jennifer Tyrrell is a lesbian and proud parent of a Tiger Scout ( a younger group of Boy Scouts) member. She...

Why the NRA doesn't represent gun owners

The NRA has opposed background checks on all gun purchases, do you know who agrees with them? Terrorists, in particular Al Qaeda terrorists. Al Qaeda spokesman Adam Gadahn stated: "America is absolutely awash with easily obtainable firearms. You can go down to a gun show at...

Urge Congress support to Charles Darwin Day

Charles Darwin was one of the greatest scientists in the history of well, science. Unfortunately, he has been attacked and demonized by the Christian right-wing (which doesn't represent Christians as a whole of course) because of his description of natural selection and...

Scientology commercial and is Beyonce in the Illuminati

Did you see the new Scientology commerical during the Super Bowl? It was very well made. It urged "seekers of knowledge" to find out about the church. Well, this church is a scam, even for a religion. Check out the South Park episode on the church, to find out more how silly...

Suzy Hamilton has nothing to be ashamed about being a sex worker

Suzy Favor Hamilton, who was one of the better Olympians to ever come out of the state of Wisconsin, attended the University of Wisconsin Stevens Point a few years before I did. That is where the similarities between her and I pretty much end. I did play rugby, not too well...

Would Bruno Mars be safe walking streets of NYC?

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...