Watch What They Do: Republicans Talk Soft but Drive Hard Right on Immigration
In the news this week, Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus has been issuing press releases as he hops around the country in a “listening tour” devoted to convincing non-white voters...
View ArticlePresidential Baby Names: Barack Missing, George Sinking
The Social Security Administration keeps track of the 1000 most popular boys’ and 1000 most popular girls’ baby names in the United States each year. For kicks this evening, I looked up the last name...
View ArticleThe Baby Names of 2013 That Weren’t
The Social Security Administration has released the top 1000 girls’ and boys’ names for 2013. Not among them: Osama Atilla Adolph Vlad Caligula Idi Pol And while Monica remains in the top 1000 names...
View ArticleOne Year Bible for Kids: Pay No Attention to 1 Samuel 15… Please!
“Can your 8- to 12-year-olds read the bulk of God’s Word in one year? You bet!” So says the advertising copy for The One Year Bible for Kids, a publication of the Christian publication company Tyndale...
View Article10 GOP Congressmen Introduce Bill to Take Away Citizenship of American Babies...
This month, Iowa Republican Steve King in the House of Representatives and Louisiana Republican David Vitter in the U.S. Senate introduced twin bills to the new 114th Congress (H.R. 140 and S. 45),...
View ArticleCongressional Republicans Vote Against Pro-Life Amendment, Help Corporate...
The Republicans in the House of Representatives call H.R. 1734 the Improving Coal Combustion Residuals Regulation Act, but they’ve got an awfully funny idea of what improvement looks like. The...
View ArticlePreterm Births Due To Air Pollution – Which Presidential Candidates Can...
A new study released yesterday by the journal Environmental Health Perspectices concludes that air pollution is a strong causal factor in premature birth in the United States, leading to approximately...
View ArticleMike Pence: Even More Radical than Trump on Taking away Babies’ U.S. Citizenship
You might not think it possible, but in the quest to take away citizenship from American babies, Republican Party vice presidential candidate Mike Pence shows an even greater zeal than Donald Trump....
View ArticleMIT and Silicon Valley Design Crib To Give Rich Families An Even Bigger...
Close your eyes and think for a moment of the most painful challenges facing the world – the problems we need America’s brightest minds working on. Okay… now open your eyes. What challenge first came...
View ArticleREINS Act Unleashes Dangers Across America
Yesterday, Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives voted to pass the REINS Act, H.R. 26. The REINS Act prevents federal agencies from passing administrative rules according to authority...
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