Separate and different is not equal. It is amazing that the heterosexual legislators of Kentucky are spending so much time and effort to discriminate against, marginalize and hate people who have not ever hated, marginalized or discriminated against them. According to reporting shared by Human Rights Campaign, members of the Kentucky legislature have been twisting themselves up like pretzels to…
Month: February 2016
Jeffrey Toobin on Justice Scalia
Journalist Jeffrey Toobin has written a very thoughtful look back at the life of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, in The New Yorker.
The Next Supreme Court Justice Will Be….?
Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia’s funeral mass was held on February 20, 2016. About an hour after the confirmation of the death of Justice Scalia on February 13, 2016, Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky said that the Senate should not confirm any of President Barack Obama’s nominees, suggesting, “The American people should have a voice in the selection of their next Supreme…
Republican Reaction to Feb. 5, 2016 Monthly Jobs Report
On Jan. 8, 2010, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released its monthly employment report for December 2009. On that date, Republican RNC Chairman Michael Steele had this to say when the unemployment rate was at 10%: “‘More than 2.8 million Americans have lost their jobs since the stimulus passed, and the national unemployment rate remains at 10 percent. The American economy…
Is Ted Cruz a Moron?
Given: Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz has proposed eliminating several federal departments (Internal Revenue Service, the Department of Education, the Department of Energy, the Department of Commerce and the Department of Housing and Urban Development). At the same time, he has proposed simplifying the tax code so that everyone pays a 10% tax on income. Therefore: Since he proposes eliminating the…
Sen. Bernie Sanders and a Republican Congress
It has been interesting to watch the way that support for Bernie Sanders as the Democratic party candidate for president in 2016 has grown so dramatically during the last several months. Many people, especially young people, seem to like his far left-leaning philosophy. They like his proposal to bring universal government-funded health insurance to America, and they like his proposals…