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Jesus was a Socialist84

Jesus was a Socialist

Jesus was the very first Socialist. Got your attention with that statement, didn’t I? Over the past several months, many of my more politically right friends and family members have grown quite bellicose during discussions about the current...

290 comments    religion politics socialism
House Divided - Nation Torn74

House Divided - Nation Torn

If the words have a familiar ring, they should they are from the famous speech given by Abraham Lincoln in 1858. While the issue at the time was slavery and the entry of Kansas to the United States as a Slave State, the corollaries between todays...

3 comments    politics political ideology
Meritocracy & Egalitarianism in America77

Meritocracy & Egalitarianism in America

What is it and why is it important for us to understand. We are a nation in decline; yes, I said it we are a post-industrial nation in decline. America is the first, not the next and certainly not a maybe, but...

15 comments    economics egalitarian
Evolution of the Super Congress71

Evolution of the Super Congress

Where is this nation headed with the Super Congress and what can we do to change the outcome of polarization?

5 comments    politics society usa
Are the rights of the individual infringed upon by American society?81

Are the rights of the individual infringed upon by American society?

Does this seem to be an odd or strangely phrased question? The idea that individual rights might still, in this day and age that is in 2008, be negatively affected by society itself. Honestly, there are many ways in which to answer the question and...

6 comments    politics law rights
Abstinence-Only Education time for a change70

Abstinence-Only Education time for a change

A couple of days ago Bristol Palin gave an interview during which she said she wished she had waited 10 years before she had children. Bristol of course is 18 and famous for being pregnant during her mother, Governor Sarah Palin’s campaign as...

11 comments    life education young people
Sexual Objectification and Feminism83

Sexual Objectification and Feminism

    I was recently talking with some friends about female beauty and the art of airbrushing. This really was a discussion about how we have impossible standards to live up to especially as we age. With money, time, and a good computer...

2 comments    media feminism gender roles
Propaganda and The American Psyche78

Propaganda and The American Psyche

Do you know who all of the men in the picture above are? Are they correctly identified by their political affiliation, if not why not? Words can be dangerous, a simple statement but unequivocally true and demonstrable. Words can be used to change...

14 comments    politics propaganda us psyche
Choice of Ignorance over Excellence in America80

Choice of Ignorance over Excellence in America

Do I sound as if I am on a tear? Maybe on a rant? I may indeed be today it might be that I have run across a great deal of what I can only term self-determined ignorance. Ignorance can be corrected...

7 comments    education politics society
Political Correctness: Tyranny or social evolution?81

Political Correctness: Tyranny or social evolution?

Where does language and action intersect to create a society in which individuals are no longer seen or heard? I can agree that some language has the power to cause harm, however this does not mean that it should be removed from our vocabulary. In...

14 comments    politics america freedom
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