To Comfort The Afflicted
And Afflict The Comfortable
Monthly Archives: September 2015
Kim Davis’ Private Life
BY JAMES NIMMO
I have a friend who I highly respect asking if we humanist progressives should take any notice of Kim Davis's private life,...
The Lesson Of Kim Davis
BY SUSAN ESTRICH Raising her arms in a sign of victory, Kim Davis – the now-famous Kentucky clerk who was jailed for contempt when she refused to obey a court order that she [and every clerk in the state] issue licenses to same-sex couples – was released from jail this week. Her freedom came not […]
Buying A President For 30 Bucks And Change
BY JIM HIGHTOWER For today’s report, I have a bunch of statistics for you. Wait – don’t run away! Where are you going? Come back here and sit still while I drill these stats into your head! It’ll be fun, and you’ll learn something. I realize that numbers can numb the brain, but this is […]
Creating A Culture Of Respect
The Washington Post’s Jay Mathews describes John Thompson’s A Teacher’s Tale: Learning, Loving and Listening to Our Kids as “riveting,” “deep,” and “revealing.”
Mathews has watched the...
We, The People
BY SHARON MARTIN
It’s a hard world when kindness is an act of civil disobedience.
The people of Syria are suffering mightily because Bashar al-Assad believes...