First Baptist Church of Sunderland Springs (image courtesy church Facebook)
By now, it is clear not just beyond reasonable doubt, but beyond all doubt, that Sunday's grisly shooting at a church in Sutherland Springs, Texas was directly caused by a complete breakdown in the military...
The road to a sex reassignment can be very challenging. In many European countries including Switzerland, Greece, and 18 other Eastern European countries, the road to sexual reassignment includes sterilization. These countries are Armenia, Azerbaijan,...
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Someone recently shared a video of a little girl riding an alligator on my Facebook timeline. I must admit the video changed my perspective on how animals are used for entertainment. Like many people, I enjoy...
Pope Francis has become one of the most dearly respected religious figures of all time, even among secular people. There is a ripple in the water though, because according to Kim Davis' lawyers, he met...
Teresa Fedor, a Democratic member of the Ohio State House of Representatives, did an incredibly brave thing?this week?during the debate on a bill to ban all abortions after a fetal heartbeat can be detected. She...
Ted Cruz Fights for Personhood Uborn Rights
Rabidly right-wing presidential hopeful, Senator Raphael "Ted" Cruz (R-Texas), proved again that he doesn’t care about women, the Constitution, the U.S. Supreme Court, or their rulings. Sen. Cruz happily announced that he found a bizarre loophole that...
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In an interview on Tuesday, former CIA official Philip Mudd gave a very direct and unflattering assessment of President-elect Donald Trump's choices and lack of real action during the transition period. He reserved his harshest...
Blake Farenthold visiting the Galveston Beach renourishment project (image courtesy U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, available under a Creative Commons-BY license)
Earlier this month, we learned about the secretive and degrading way in which sexual harassment is handled on Capitol Hill. Staffers who claim to have been harassed by lawmakers have to go through a tedious...
I am David Christopher and I am a US Army Veteran. I served as a Rifleman. I am a proud American and a very, very staunch liberal. No, I am not gloating here.? My point...
And now, the aftermath. In the coming weeks and months, there will be endless reading of exit polls and analysis of how exactly Donald Trump managed to win an election he wasn't supposed to have a...
OMG. I keep thinking that Fox can't go any lower, but it continues to surprise me ? in a very bad way. This time occasional Fox contributor, Stacey Dash, lives up to her clueless fame. She...
The 87th annual Academy Awards may be most notable this year for a few rather touching speeches given by first-time Oscar winners. Patricia Arquette was awarded the Best Supporting Actress Oscar at the 2015 Academy Awards...
If at first you don't succeed, hide it and hide it again; it the bill seems to be the GOP's new motto. Texas tried to sneak through anti-choice legislation at the end of a special...
A New Mexico teen is dead after a dispatcher hung up on a caller who needed emergency medical assistance because she used profanity in the call. The teen, Jaydon Chavez-Silver, died after being shot while...
An autopsy room in the Mecklenburg County, North Carolina medical examiner's office (courtesy Charlotte Observer)
Yesterday, I mentioned that based on a two-year investigation by The Charlotte Observer, North Carolina's system for investigating suspicious deaths is outrageously inadequate. In most of the state, death investigations are farmed out to part-time...
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An Arkansas pastor named Jeff Crawford has recently caused a controversy by using Christianity to state that women have no rights over their body. Whilst speaking at a sermon at Crosschurch on the dangers of pornography,...
Maureen O'Boyle taking a selfie at an event in Charlotte (image from O'Boyle's Facebook)
An anchorwoman at a television station in my hometown of Charlotte recently got an unpleasant surprise--the man who raped her 30 years ago is up for parole. She's still very much scarred by that ordeal,...
A few days ago, singer Darius Rucker sang the holiday chestnut "White Christmas" at the annual Christmas Tree lighting at Rockefeller Center. While many vocalists have offered their renditions of this traditional song, many people...
A white woman went on a verbal tirade against Hispanic shoppers at the Jefferson Mall in Louisville, Kentucky, and as a result the racist windbag is now banned for life from the mall. The woman, seen in...
For all the impressive ways Joe Biden has begun his first two and a half months in office, we must remember the ship of state is not a speedboat. It's more like an ocean liner. Reversing decades...