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Posted on April 23 at 1:09 p.m.Suggest removal
Actually, I would describe 2008 as another example of the media circus. In their defense, 2008 was really easy to hype up, what with a really close race between the first possible black nominee and the first possible female nominee, along with the GOP's strange choice for VP.
Posted on April 23 at 8:51 a.m.Suggest removal
The media has a sensationalist bias, not a liberal one.
Posted on April 10 at 11 a.m.Suggest removal
The danger of the Stand Your Ground law is that it can automatically clear a person with no proof and without even going to trial, denying the victim's right to due process. Anybody who wants to get away with murder can simply claim "self defense!"
Posted on April 6 at 10:40 a.m.Suggest removal
"I recognize many atheists are very polite and sincere and intelligent."
Then put that in your article.
Posted on February 27 at 9:19 a.m.Suggest removal
The will of the majority cannot take away the rights of the minority. That's why we call them "rights."
Posted on February 17 at 8:24 a.m.Suggest removal
"No straight person in the military goes around telling everyone they are straight."
Actually, they do. Every time they mention their wife, they're telling everyone they're straight. Every time they put pictures of their girlfriends in their bunk beds (like the cliché in the movies), they're telling everyone they're straight. Every time they happen to bring up what they did on leave, or their past, or their future plans, they will eventually mention the people they're dating, have dated or would like to date, which will betray their sexuality. They do it so often they don't even know they're doing it. All gays want are to be able to mention their significant other as well.
And that actually doesn't address the problem of abusing DADT. Many soldiers who were discharged never actually told anyone they were gay--they were outed by other people. In addition to having the same rights as straight soldiers to simply mention their significant others, gays also want the right to privacy, and the right to keep their sexual orientation to themselves without fear of being exposed and discharged.
Posted on February 8 at 8:18 a.m.Suggest removal
The will of the majority cannot override the rights of the minority. That's why we call them "rights."
Posted on January 27 at 9:09 a.m.Suggest removal
"Whatever we once were, we are no longer just a Christian nation; we are also a Jewish nation, a Muslim nation, a Buddhist nation, a Hindu nation, and a nation of nonbelievers.
"What our deliberative, pluralistic democracy demands is that the religiously motivated translate their concerns into universal, rather than religion-specific, values. It requires that their proposals must be subject to argument and amenable to reason. If I am opposed to abortion for religious reasons and seek to pass a law banning the practice, I cannot simply point to the teachings of my church or invoke God's will and expect that argument to carry the day. If I want others to listen to me, then I have to explain why abortion violates some principle that is accessible to people of all faiths, including those with no faith at all."
-Barack Obama
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Posted on April 27 at 8:56 a.m.Suggest removal
If there was no media storm, Zimmerman would never have gone to court in the first place. I agree that a judge and a jury of peers are better than a bunch of people on the internet, but that's not the issue that got us here. I'm concerned about the lack of investigation, and the power of the police to haphazardly close a case without it even going to trial.
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