My apologies to those women who have been fighting hard to pass the Equal Rights Amendment. I also apologize to any woman who has been a champion for women’s rights. I chose this title to get your attention and I hope I have. Why is an Equal Rights Amendment to the U.S. Constitution necessary? The […]
“I do not believe in taking away the right of the citizen for sporting, for hunting and so forth, or for home defense. But I do believe that an AK-47, a machine gun, is not a sporting weapon or needed for defense of a home.” ~Ronald Reagan, at his birthday celebration in 1989. Having grown […]
Forty years ago today, women got legal access to safe abortions. Over the last four decades, Conservatives have argued against the Roe v. Wade ruling. For the most part it has stayed in the background, and the loudest voices in the fight to strip women of this freedom come from extremists—the ones who protest clinics […]
Published on Jan 17, 2013 According to atheist magician Penn Jillette, the most important thing is to feel about things you should feel about — and think about things you should think about. You should not feel about the speed of light or evolution and you should not think about love. You should feel “I […]
Cory Booker, the mayor of Newark, NJ, goes off about what he calls the “false debate” surrounding gun violence, saying it is a “convenient trick to divide our country.”