Shared by John Shore Lately I’ve heard from a considerable number of women who basically got burned in relationships by guys who turned out to be less Prince Charming than Burpy, the village idiot. So that got me thinking about what women might be able to do in order…
You have noticed that Republicans dominate the news scene day after day, and have for at least the last two decades. It is no accident. It is a unified and scripted approach to gaining dominance, pushing minority beliefs through techniques of fear and angst through a friendly, corporate media.…
(On a pragmatic note, readers should interchange my use of the word 'football' for 'soccer'.) The 2012 African Cup of Nations concluded this evening, with the final squaring off Ivory Coast against Zambia. Did you watch it? This was a magnificently dramatic game between one of the best teams…
By: Jeff Mandala Science and religion are often depicted as two diametrically opposed entities in human thought. And it's true, even undeniable, that science often times serves a different purpose than religion. But beyond obvious reasons, could science and religion have more in common than we believe? In fact,…
By: David Misch Done by eBaums World, The Detroit Project follows well-known graffiti artist and subvertising connoisseur Ron English and family in an All-American pastime: the road trip. Ron English has gained notoriety for the past twenty years with his subversive twisting of cultural icons and images. He's been…
By Kathy Henry Editor note: This was one of our runner-up stories from January's writing contest submissions. Thank you Kathy, well done! x - TJ Everyone thought she was a stupid, uneducated slut. She didn't finish high school or have a job and her only occupation in life was…
In June 1958 a couple in love went to the District of Columbia to get married because it was illegal for them, an interracial couple, to marry in their home state of Virginia. On their return home, they were arrested and charged with a felony. Mildred and Richard Loving…
My friends at Believe Out Loud want you to know of the virtual thank-you card for which they're currently collecting signatures. Titled Thank Starbucks For Welcoming LGBT Marriages, the card sends thanks to Starbucks for its recent decision to join more than 100 businesses in welcoming LGBT marriages in…
By OcJim “It’s halftime in America” said Clint Eastwood in his rasping voice promoting GM in a Super Bowl halftime commercial. Continuing the age-old American “apple-pie” exceptionalism trademark in commercials, it is a cheerleading rally, rousing up an America pulling together, heralding the bailed-out Chrysler and GM as number…
By: Horton Thompson The Bardo Thodol, also known as The Tibetan Book of the Dead, is, at its core, a book about dying. Bardo Thodol, though, literally translates as Liberation Through Hearing During the Intermediate State, despite its original translator, Theosophist and scholar, Walter Evans-Wentz translating it as The…