I am one of those congenitally rude people who prefers — nay, needs — to carry on conversations with casual acquaintances about the great taboo topics, religion and politics. Luckily, many other people these days share this flaw, so I can usually find an outlet for this urge.
At work we have a few topics of [...]
Merry Christmas, everyone.
A few months ago this video (Part 1, 2) came out, showing Mitt Romney talking on a right-wing radio show in Iowa about Mormonism and abortion. Romney was once pro-choice when he was runing for office in Massachussetts but apparently had some kind of conversion to the pro-life position once he’d been elected governor. As [...]
“I still believe, in spite of everything, that people are truly good at heart.” - Anne Frank
“People are inherently evil. Religion is the only civilizing force; without it, we’d all be reduced to a savage state, a state we’re really on the brink of all the time.” - My brother (paraphrased)
My brother recently revealed to [...]
America’s cultural tradition has come to include the concept that all people deserve equal rights. However, women in many nations (including the United States) are subject to injustices that range from lower wages to spousal abuse, rape, lashing, and stoning. Understandably, among many Americans there is an outcry to intervene in the most [...]