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,...
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...
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...
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Maat was an Egyptian Goddess. From Tour Egypt:
Ma'at, unlike...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
In 1995, a movie called "White Man's Burden" hit the theaters. It was a story about an alternate reality where the middle and upper class was comprised mainly of blacks, while whites were the poor...
Fame does not guarantee that the person to whom the fame is attached will died with any level of dignity or respect. Often, people whose names were once known worldwide wind up exiting life in...
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.
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...
Check out this list of some of the most badass women in history.
1. Phoolan Devi
Devi was an Indian woman born in poverty. She was married against her will at age 11. She was kidnapped by...
