I have created an event on Facebook called: "Buy Nothing! - Hit 'Em Where It Hurts"
It is a silent protest against the Trump Administration and the Corporations funding it. If you would like to join, here is the link to the event: https://www.facebook.com/events/632973416889378/ Even if you can't do it, share it with your friends and on Twitter. ( Read more... )

I'll be the first to admit that most primary and even secondary educations are inadequate. No, scratch that: they are adequate for most things; for some things, they completely miss the point, because to come to the point they would have to address uncomfortable facts and what school wants to deal with uncomfortable stuff? That's just unnecessary ( Read more... )

A young Belgian man went on a stabbing spree in a day care center, killing three and wounding several others.

Obviously this was the result of inadequate knife control laws. Discuss.

An letter from Israel ( Read more... )

 WTF is going on?

*Edited to add* I approve of the tags :-D

I was dismayed at the "No" majority when it came to the "Is Affirmative Action still necessary" poll. The irony of those results notwithstanding, I thought I could provide a refresher course on the topic.

http://mmcisaac.faculty.asu.edu/emc598ge/Unpacking.html

( some youbin' )

American Exceptionalism as put forth, where else, but in the National Review.

"Like racism, genocide is a word that has lost its meaning through promiscuous overuse."Nothing that is ever well thought out will ever begin with this sentence ( Read more... )

Q. Is it true that the Democrat party is the party of bigotry, intolerance, and cruel disregard for the less privileged members of our society?

A. Yes.

Race in America, by Ted Hayes

"Shocked, I inquired as to the seriousness of the change, and the property owner blurted out that the cause of our "eviction" was "because you are Republican." He ( Read more... )

when you can point to something like the alabama decision as proof that opinion against "uncle toms" such as powell and rice stem from racism, you are completely missing the point

the fact that racism is still a part of american culture means that all conservative blacks are "uncle toms", by definitionfor you to deny that fact means either you do ( Read more... )

It may come as a surprise to the members of this community that I am both Asian and conservative (at least on economic issues). While I do support a fiery streak of social liberalism coursing through my veins, I also believe in a larger entity when it comes to said social liberalism - the individual. azad_slide has a post here which brings forth the story of ( Read more... )