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Jon Stewart on Chik-fil-A-tors

Jon Stewart on Chik-fil-A-tors

Thursday, Jon Stewart discussed the recent controversy surrounding Chik-fil-A and this week’s Appreciation Day. Jon notes that the recent call by the mayors of Boston, Chicago and San Francisco have given right-wing conservatives a legitimate First Amendment complaint: “You know how the right is always complaining about the government persecuting them for their beliefs? (Mistaking […]

Biblical Marriage Made Easy for Conservatives

Biblical Marriage Made Easy for Conservatives

Did you know that there are 8 different kinds of marriage described in the Bible? We hear a lot about “Biblical marriage” these days, particular from right-wing conservatives battling the idea of same sex marriage or unions. The problem is that most of them are not clear on what that means.  Here is  a helpful […]

Colbert takes on Texas GOP on ‘critical thinking’

Colbert takes on Texas GOP on ‘critical thinking’

You might recall the recent Texas Republican Party’s platform that rejects the teaching of critical thinking skills: “Knowledge-Based Education – We oppose the teaching of Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS) (values clarification), critical thinking skills and similar programs that are simply a relabeling of Outcome-Based Education (OBE) (mastery learning) which focus on behavior modification and […]

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