May 21, 2013
12:20 a.m.
I come from a place that’s no stranger to storms, a place where Mama restocked the storm shelter each spring and where schools — from kindergarten to college — have tornado drills. We prepare because we know the rain and wind will come. ...
May 20, 2013
6:21 p.m.
Here’s a 96-minute account of the historic Army-McCarthy hearings of 1954.
Enjoy!
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May 20, 2013
6:21 p.m.
Each year, roughly 800,000 people are arrested for marijuana offenses. That amounts to one arrest every 42 seconds, which represents a great strain on the criminal justice system.
The irony in all of this is that Americans overwhelmingly oppose stiff p...
May 20, 2013
12:26 p.m.
The Republican Party doesn’t often field black candidates for public office, but when it does, they’re usually wingnuts of the first order.
My favorite example is Alan Keyes, who was recruited from outside Illinois to carry the GOP banner a...
May 20, 2013
12:27 p.m.
I love baptisms. Baptizing infants (and those who can speak for themselves) is one of my absolute favorite things about ordained ministry. Being the conduit for establishing that indissoluble bond between an individual and Jesus is a privilege. Plus, when...
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May 20, 2013
12:26 p.m.
Writing in Scientific American, Patrick Mustain imagines THIS LETTER from the food industry to consumers:
Dear Consumers: A disturbing trend has come to our attention. You, the people, are thinking more about health, and you’re starting to do something...
May 20, 2013
12:26 p.m.
Republican Sen. Rand Paul’s detachment from reality is getting worse, as we see HERE:
While the Internal Revenue Service maintains it was not focusing on conservative groups out of political bias, Sen. Rand Paul claimed Sunday there was a “...
May 20, 2013
12:26 p.m.
James Rosen (above), who worked at WREX-TV in Rockford for a while in the 1990s, is SAID to have been the subject of a federal investigation of leaks of classified information:
When the Justice Department began investigating possible leaks of c...
May 20, 2013
12:16 p.m.
I had planned to bottle the Imperial Coconut Stout, or ICS for short, but life got in the way.
The coconut has now been sitting in the bucket downstairs with the beer for about a month. I have no idea how this will turn out, but I do plan to sterilize, a...
