By Louis A. Ruprecht, Religion Dispatches On November 2, 1984, Velma Barfield became the first woman to be executed in the U.S. since 1962, and the first to be executed in the State of North Carolina after the nationwide moratorium on the death penalty was lifted in 1976. She was…
April 2nd 2012 was the 30th anniversary since the army of Argentina made an amphibious landing around the settlement of Port Stanley, the largest town on a miserable, lonely speck of land stranded in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean that goes by the name of Islas Malvinas, or,…
By OcJim I am appalled to see that at least a couple of members of our esteemed Supreme Court, whom we expect to be the bastions of objectivity, are openly repeating the most biased of the Tea Party type arguments against health care reform. Oral arguments by justices unfortunately…
As we end women's history month I feel compelled to bring up one of the most influential women in America, whose beliefs and compassion for the poor and uneducated have had a direct affect on how we live today: Margaret Sanger. In 1914, Margaret Sanger launched the magazine The Woman…
"The best two things women can do to utilize their strength in this country is to organize in solidarity for their legal rights and use their power in voting for the political party that best supports their interests" - Unknown All the controversy surrounding reproductive rights in the U.S. has woken…
By OcJim The issue of energy policy seems to bring out the dippers, the deniers, and the dupes. James Inhofe, the Senator from Oklahoma, is a denier of climate change and an airplane dipper who last year landed his aircraft at the closed Cameron County Airport in Port Isabel,…
By OcJim If you wonder why you hate government, even while you receive social security payments, use Medicare for your ills, remain free from enslavement by foreign aggressors, drive on public roads, enjoy public-funded fire protection, drink reasonably clean water and breathe somewhat healthy air, rise above boring jobs…
By: Geoffrey Yonil I imagine that if you clicked on this link to read this article, then you probably already have some idea of what Kony 2012 is, presumably. If you don’t, then I’d advise you read about it on Invisible Children, Inc.’s website, since they could do a…
By OcJim A culture that produces a Rush Limbaugh and his millions of “ditto-head” followers is not healthy. In too many realms of American society, rewards are for the wrong personal attributes, the wrong attitudes, and are distorted toward the wrong results. The most productive, the smartest, the most…
Maths sucks. This is a universal fact, accepted without hesitation by generations of schoolchildren for decades. It's hellishly difficult, labyrinthine in its endless complexities and, on rare occasions, can end up driving you suicidally insane. Though most of us don't descend to that level of frustration, the vast majority…