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...

More cases of police abuse including in Milwaukee

More examples of police violating our civil rights. This is one of the most abusive cases. Andrew Henderson is a man who while legally filming outside of his apartment residence in Little Canada (by St. Paul, Minnesota) videotaped a person being taken away by local...

Judge lies to get man arrested, and is still on the bench

A judge, Edward Burke, in this video on the left, lies to police and states that a citizen named Ademo Freeman, who was asking him questions in a courthouse that the judge obviously didn't like, threatened him. I didn't have to watch the video more than once to know it was an...

Tenneessee about to have teachers teach about creationism i

In the state of Tennessee, a large portion of the population does not believe in evolution. Unfortunate, but true. Tennessee isn't maybe the buckle of the so called Bible Belt, but it isn't too far away from that. The governor of that state is about to sign legislation that...

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....

The war on prostitution (and sex) needs to end

I don't agree with John Stossel about everything but I definately agree with him that the government must end the twin wars on drugs and prostitution. Of course prostitution that involves women forced into it is should and continue to be illegal but many sex workers enjoy...

Gay rights pioneer Richard Adams dies

Richard Adams, along with his longtime partner Tony Sullivan, challenged for the right of gays to be married to the person they love, long before it was even a blimp on the political radar. Mr. Adams died on December, 17th. I had never heard of him or Mr. Sullivan before...

Bork is dead and why it's good he was never on the Supreme Court

A  few years ago I read a book about Judge Robert Bork, a man that then President Ronald Reagen nominated to the U.S. Supreme Court. At the time of the nomination I was still a little young to follow this event, but I am so glad that Bork never made it onto the U.S....

Baltimore Ravens LB supporting marriage equality for gays

Brendon Ayanbadejo is not the most famous linebacker on the Baltimore Ravens Super Bowl team that will play this coming Sunday against the San Francisco 49ers. By no means. That honor would apply to the ever so talkative and energetic Ray Lewis who Ayanbadejo backs up. But...

Boy Scouts quasi-ends ban on gays and gays oppressed in Russ

The Boy Scouts are allowing local Boy Scout councils to decide if they want to keep bans on gay scouts and scoutmasters. Of course, they continue to ban atheists like me in their ranks, as is their right. The Girl Scouts on the other hand don't discriminate based on sexual...

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...