Bye bipartisanship

This story is a repost from theweek.com Bipartisanship died at the Health Care Summit. The president can continue to reach out—that’s good politics at a time when Gallup reports that 54 percent of Americans don’t expect the GOP to make a “sincere” effort to achieve compromise on health reform. But as he reaches out, the [...]

Republicans leading America toward a theocracy

This story is a repost from theexaminer.com. A legislator from Virginia cites a passage from the Bible that says if a woman has a child with some kind of disability, then she must have aborted her first pregnancy based on “dramatic evidence.” Now, if the Bible is true as this lawmaker claims, then Sarah Palin [...]

The Non-Existent GOP Alternative Health Care Proposal

This story is a repost from progressivenation.us. When inviting participants to the White House health care summit, President Obama urged Republicans to “put forward their own comprehensive bill … and make it available online,” just as Democrats have done. We’ve known for a while that GOP leaders would ignore the request and not offer a [...]

Time to strip tax exempt status from all churches

This Story is a repost from examiner.com. As the nation, states, and communities struggle during trying economic times, revoking the tax-exempt status for religious organizations must be considered and is long overdue. This is especially true when groups like Mormons, Catholics, and evangelical Christians contribute to political campaigns that promote their hateful religious agendas, or [...]