When accessing the political apologetics of evangelicals, it is tempting to deal with them on their own terms and question whether their contrition is perfect and sincere enough to remove the stain that their sins have placed on their souls.…
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Iowa’s Same Sex Marriage Decision: What it Says and What it Means
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In 1998, the Iowa legislature, capitulating to a well-funded national campaign against gay marriage, amended the state’s marriage statute to define marriage as a union between only a man and a woman.Today, in a stunning, courageous, and powerfully written decision,…
A Great American Hope: Time to Pardon Jack Johnson
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O my Lord What a morning, O my Lord, What a feeling, When Jack Johnson Turned Jim Jeffries’ Snow-white face to the ceiling. Adaptation of the spiritual “My Lord, What a Morning” by William Waring Cuney, 1910. While I’m skeptical…
But Baby, Obama Wants Me to Drive a Fiat X1/9
by Michael D. Fox • • 1 Comment
Of all the cars that I’ve owned, my favorite was a yellow and black 1975 Fiat X1/9. Designed by Nuccio Bertone, the X1/9 was a two-seater, hardtop convertible with a mid 1489 cc. engine and a five-speed transmission. It was…
John Hope Franklin (1915-2009): Historian and Fighter for Justice
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Academics and intellectuals – and college professors in particular – are often thought of as living in an Ivory Tower – dispassionate, disconnected, and aloof from the everyday world. And, for the most part, this reputation is deserved, especially in…
Why the Republican Anti-Tax Movement Doesn’t Care About the Taxes that YOU Pay
by Michael D. Fox • • 3 Comments
I listened recently to Jon Coupal, president of the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association, on the Los Angeles NPR radio program “Air Talk with Larry Mantle.†The specific topic was the tax increase ballot measures, such as Proposition 1A, that were…
The Charge of the Democrat Light Brigade: California Democrats Caught in Deadly Republican Tax Trap
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Half a league, half a league, Half a league onward, All in the valley of Death Rode the six hundred. “Forward the Light Brigade! Charge for the guns!” he said. Into the valley of Death Rode the six hundred. –…
