Updated 03122025 The efforts to take taxpayer funds from public education to fund private, mostly religious, schools began in the 1970s....

That question doesn’t apply to some billionaires and some corporate executives, we know why they funded and still do the religious right...

The Supreme Court now has a majority of Paul Weyrich and Leonard Leo chosen Federalist Society theocon Catholic judges. There are more in...

Chapter One In 1968 I considered myself an Eisenhower Republican, probably voted for Richard Nixon. LBJ had stopped bombing North Vietnam, it was thought the war would end soon. There wasn't proof until 2017, but Nixon sabotaged LBJ's peace talks, knowing that to end to the war would help Hubert Humphrey win the election. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/notes-indicate-nixon-interfered-1968-peace-talks-180961627/ 1968 was the most expensive year of the war in Vietnam

That's a quote I've heard or read from people who have college degrees, either are Republican, or apologists for Republicans. I was a...

As always this is subject to revision, constructive criticism is welcome. Inflation is the increase in prices over time, and fall of...

What is Evil? First, what is good? I think we understand it as helping others. Every major religion of which I'm aware has some common...

Long ago I delivered newspapers seven days a week, earning about $200/wk in today’s dollars. I mowed a few lawns, washed cars, painted a...

Facts are important, especially given the use of lies and propaganda used to gain political power and to increase wealth for already...

As I’m sure you all know, Putin launched attacks against Ukraine, with the stated goal of “demilitarizing” the country, and “protect”...

The founding fathers who wrote our Constitution created a federal republic, a nation of laws, with the Constitution the bedrock of those...

Last update June 26, 2023 The U.S. has some of the finest teachers, professors, public schools and universities in the world. An annual...

Our founding fathers enshrined the separation of church and state in our Constitution for good reasons. Many of them were deists,...

Update 05242023 at end. In the latest U.S. News study of U.S. states Texas ranked 34th in education, 31st in healthcare. The Best States...

TANSTAAFL - There ain’t no such thing as a free lunch, popularized by the great sci-fi author Robert Heinlein. There are things we all...

I’m not a theologian, have no formal education in theology, but it seems to me that Jesus was the most radical progressive in...

The term “Big Lie” originated here: “All this was inspired by the principle – which is quite true within itself – that in the big lie...