You know it's bad when even right-wing televangelist Pat Robertson says we've "gone too far." Alabama opened the proverbial flood gates Wednesday after governor Kay Ivey signed the most restrictive abortion ban in the nation. Under this...
Donald Trump in Hershey, Pennsylvania during the Thank You Tour (image courtesy Michael Vadon, available under a Creative Commons BY-SA license)
Just a few weeks after Donald Trump's upset victory, he announced that he had cut a deal with HVAC maker Carrier to keep jobs at a plant in Indianapolis that were initially slated to move...
Mike Pence decided to show up for an NFL game between the Indianapolis Colts and San Francisco 49ers when some of the players knelt during the national anthem. Didn't Pence know the protests were a...
If perhaps Vice President Mike Pence was quietly waiting for the impeachment of President Trump so he could become head of state, a law professor said Friday evening that a new memo suggests Pence himself...
Thank goodness for the few people left in government who aren't trying to drag us back to the 1930's.  We're lucky that some judges still understand the idea of constitutional protections, and are willing to stand...
What should have been a day of pride for five fourth-grade students in Indiana turned into an embarrassing one for all of Indiana. Students from Pleasant Run Elementary won a robotics competition for Indianapolis area schools,...
In Indiana, a bill to stiffen the penalties for hate crimes failed to pass the Senate. Republican state senator Susan Glick said this about it in a statement: "This bill sought to give judges the ability to...
As I've noted before, I don't trust Donald Trump as far as I can throw him, and wouldn't touch him with a 39 1/2 foot pole. Maybe he could change that, but not if he...
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The entire police force in the small community of Bunker Hill, Indiana, has quit. They were punished for pulling over town officials and they were told to do "immoral, unethical things." One of the officers and...
UTC's soon-to-be closed plant in Huntington, Indiana (image courtesy Samuel Hoffman, Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette)
By now, most of us know that Donald Trump's claim that he helped save a yuuuge number of jobs at a Carrier air conditioning plant in Indianapolis doesn't add up. For instance, as part of...
What's this? Trouble in paradise? It sure looks that way. Sarah Palin, who has wholeheartedly supported Donald Trump since he announced his run for the White House, is now taking potshots at the President-elect for the...
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It's been awfully gloomy since the election. And it's going to be a long four years. But at least we have Stephen Colbert to help us get through it. Sign of White Supremacy You've probably heard about...
Perhaps the most frequent talking point that came from Republicans during the 2016 race for the White House revolved around Hillary Clinton's use private email server. What was she trying to hide? they asked. Why would...
Katie McLaughlin, Jared Fogle's ex-wife (screengrab courtesy NBC News)
Subway has spent most of 2016 rebuilding its reputation after it emerged that its longtime pitchman, Jared Fogle, was a child pornographer and serial child molester. However, in the wake of these revelations, a number...
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Earlier this week, the vice presidential candidates faced off in a debate. Most of the topics brought up were about foreign policy. One important subject that didn't come up was public health issues. As Indiana's Governor,...
I can't say for sure, but I suspect that when Mike Pence isn't treating facts like a red-headed step-child or cheering next to a man who likely powders his face with Dorito dust, he's probably sucking...
The small town of Aurora, Indiana holds a charming little parade once a year called the Aurora Farmers Fair Parade. Sponsored by the Aurora Lions Club, the parade typically showcases adorable parade features such as...
The injuries suffered by Kin Park Thiang's son (screengrab courtesy WTHR via Raw Story)
Most of the furor over Indiana's Religious Freedom Restoration Act focused on the prospect that it could legally sanction discrimination against the LGBT community. But there's another, more fundamental problem with the law that was most associated...
Jared Fogle at South by Southwest 2014 (image courtesy Anna Hanks, available under a Creative Commons-Attribution license)
It's been amply established that former Subway pitchman Jared Fogle is a perverted sleazeball. Last year, in the face of overwhelming evidence that he'd used his celebrity status to victimize dozens of kids, he pleaded...
Workers putting mulch around contaminated soil at West Calumet (image courtesy Environmental Protection Agency, part of public domain)
By now, you've heard about the horrific tragedy playing out in Flint, Michigan. The city may take years to recover after thousands of its children were sickened by lead-tainted water. Well, a similar horror is playing out...