According to a recent article by Quiet Mike, "Republicans like to say they are all about responsibility." Then they turn around and support things like the SCOTUS decision in favor of Hobby Lobby, which takes personal responsibility away...
What if I were to tell you that the United States in 2016 is a dramatically different place than the United States in 1776? Well, yeah, you would probably say. Way to state the obvious,...
Mark Twain supposedly said, “History doesn’t repeat itself, but it often rhymes.”
Those of us old enough and paying enough attention to appreciate the interesting times in which we live have been hearing a lot of...
In fourteen hundred ninety-two
Columbus sailed the ocean blue.
He had three ships and left from Spain;
He sailed through sunshine, wind and rain.
Most people remember that poem from elementary school. It has a catchy rhyme...
When we share photos like this, sometimes we hear people say that we're "stirring things up" or "not letting things go." OK. We aren't going to let it go. This could happen again and we...
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Maat was an Egyptian Goddess. From Tour Egypt:
Ma'at, unlike...
George Washington, the first U.S. president and one of America's founding fathers, had a very different point of view than President Donald Trump when it came to the issue of religious tolerance.
While Trump has made his...
Is the United States a Christian nation? Doesn't our money say "one nation under God" on it? The answer is complicated, but the short answer is that the United States was not founded on the...
If there's one thing conservatives are really, really good at, it's rewriting history to suit their needs. You see, history has a known liberal bias, and they don't like that. So they latch onto monikers...
Many right-wingers just love to use the term "bleeding-heart liberal" to describe us. They especially use it when we talk about compassion and inclusion for everyone. You may have heard it if you spend any...
There’s been no shortage of great articles over the past year examining the many similarities between Donald Trump and Adolf Hitler. And a startling number of Trump’s fans have demonstrated sympathy towards neo-Nazism, anti-Semitism, or...
The myth is that Black poverty and crime or inherent traits of a flawed culture have existed since the time of American slavery. This myth was further exaggerated after the passage of the 13th Amendment...
What defines a living treasure?
In compiling this list, I settled on the following criteria. A living treasure is someone who has:
1) demonstrated a lifetime commitment to changing the world for the better;
2) reached a certain...
In his speech last Thursday afternoon commemorating the first anniversary of the attempted coup against our government, President Joe Biden said:
“Rioters rampaging, waving for the first time inside this Capitol, the confederate flag that symbolized the...
Norma McCorvey died of heart failure today in Katy, Texas. She was 69. Her grave will undoubtedly be marked with that humble, unassuming name – Norma. Generations from now, women will walk past her without...
Rep. Bill Pascrell (D-N.J.) proposed a resolution to allow the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to turn over President Donald Trump's tax returns using an obscure law. Sounds like a great idea, but the House voted...
The White House, located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, D.C., has housed all our presidents from President John Adams to the current president, Donald Trump.
The sitting president when the White House was constructed was President George...
They are the only known surviving photos of veterans of Napoleon's Grande Armée and Guard, and are shown dressed in their uniforms and regalia.
On Tuesday, November 8, 2016 the unthinkable happened. America elected perhaps the most ignorant, bigoted, misogynistic pig to the highest office in the country. Donald Trump was Inaugurated on January 21, 2017, and two huge...
Prince Charles has made a heartfelt speech about the current political climate. In the video he expresses concern about:
"... The rise of many populist groups around the world that are increasingly aggressive towards those who adhere...
