Culture Kampf & The Kamikaze Congress by Robert R. Owens, PhDSource: The New Media Journal Headline News
There is a culture war raging in America. It has wreaked havoc in our national psyche since the Summer of Love elevated the ersatz individualism and limousine liberalism of the Boomers from childhood fantasy to national fever-dream.
Seeking a Right to Carol in the Classroom Source: The New York Times
If Merry Susan Hyatt has her way, every public school pupil in California will have the voter-approved right to sing "Joy to the World" in the classroom.
Ohio Supreme Court: Freshwater Can't Force Board Members to TestifySource: columbusdispatch.com
The Ohio Supreme Court ruled this morning that members of the Mount Vernon school board don't have to testify in the termination hearing of John Freshwater, the eighth-grade teacher accused of teaching religion in science class and burning students with a laboratory device.
Freshwater Update-- "Symbolism" and NonsenseSource: pandasthumb.org
Thursday of last week, the 17th, Hamilton and Freshwater were interviewed on a radio program hosted by David Barton, notorious revisionist pseudo-historian who is in the process of polluting social studies standards in Texas.
Pastor Defends "Death-Prayer" Aimed at Obama.Source: myfoxphoenix.com
Anderson is standing by his controversial sermon, entitled "Why I Hate Barack Obama." Video of the sermon has hit YouTube, and he's taped explaining why he hates the President and praying for his death.
Parents Incensed Over 'Evolution' Image -- Dumbass Quote of the DaySource: sedaliademocrat.com
It's a two-fer: creationists angry at science complain over the school band's t-shirt design, and the school can't tell the difference between science and religion."I made the decision to have the band members turn the shirts in after several concerned parents brought the shir …
Freshwater Update: One Freshwater Suit SettledSource: pandasthumb.org
Published reports this morning (see also here and here) says that the federal lawsuit brought by the parents of the boy who was burned with a Tesla coil in an 8th grade science class in the Mt. Vernon City Schools has been settled. According to the report
Immoral ImperativeSource: Nolan Chart
Should the government be legislating morality? You have to ask?
Freshwater Update: A last-minute postponement (Now approaching Year Two)Source: pandasthumb.org
It's of some interest that Hamilton informed the hearing referee of his intention to delay the hearing on Tuesday of this week, but it was not acted on until this morning after a bunch of attorneys, a prospective witness, and a (very small) gallery of spectators and media had a …
Freshwater Update, July 2009Source: pandasthumb.org
R. Kelly Hamilton, John Freshwater's attorney, subpoenaed two members of the Mt. Vernon Board of Education, Ian Watson and Jody Goetzman.
Obama's Betrayal on Don't Ask Don't TellSource: Reason Magazine
Wars are riddled with all kinds of twisted ironies. During the Civil War, the Union army initially spurned blacks who it was crusading to emancipate—while the Confederate army recruited them in the final desperate hours of its fight to enslave them.
Military policy on gays won't change soonSource: Record Online
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama's top military adviser said Sunday the Pentagon has enough challenges — including two wars — without rushing to overturn a decade-old policy that bans gays and lesbians from serving openly in the military and incites political and social …
GOP base rips Cantor's National Council for a New AmericaSource: Politico
Social conservatives are blasting the National Council for a New America, House Minority Whip Eric Cantor's (R-Va.) nascent effort to rebrand the Republican Party, as a misguided and weak-kneed initiative that is out of touch with the GOP rank and file.
To start off I am pro gay marriage because there is no evidence on how it affects my rights what so ever. It wouldn't very Libertarian of me to believe the Government jack boot should be allowed to enforce private morals.