A political convention is not a place where you can come away with any trace of faith in human nature. ~Murray Kempton

The Jacobin Right Seizes Control of the Maine GOP

An overwhelming majority of delegates to the Maine Republican convention tonight voted to scrap the the proposed party platform and replace it with a document created by a group ( Read more... )

Yet another accusation against a Catholic priest has been made, this time in Pueblo, Co. It happened 40 years ago, and the man in question has since died.

Story hereWhether it is true or not, I don't know. What I do know is that the ignorance and hard-heartedness of some people knows no bounds. Take for example, the comment by Objective Truth ( Read more... )

The governor and attorney general of Virginia are showing their true colors, and they aren't rainbow hued.

Last month, from newly elected Virginia Governor McDonnell:
Virginia Gov. Robert F. McDonnell has signed an executive order barring discrimination in the state workforce on grounds that include race, sex, religion and age, but not sexual ( Read more... )