We live in a town of about ten thousand people in red state Indiana, after fleeing the taxes and politics in Illinois. I have one eighth grade sibling and one who is a sophomore in high school. Mom has been watching their curriculums and complaining about all the blatant indoctrination. You can't even get away from it here. The high schooler is ( Read more... )

The apologists in these situations are dangerous for women ( Read more... )

I read While Europe Slept as few years ago and I HIGHLY recommend it to everyone here. Mainly because it's a good, well-written book about the threat of radical Islam in the west. But also because it provides hope that even the most ardent, kool-aid drinking liberal can see the light and join us in the good fight against the forces out to ( Read more... )

A 15-year-old boy in Oakland, California admitted to murdering his parents. Robert Kamin, 55, and Susan Poff, 50 were found dead in their vehicle after they'd failed to show up for work and calls to the home (answered by the son) led co-workers to contact police (in the first call, the boy said his parents went out for a walk; in the second, he ( Read more... )

Maybe I missed some stories, but this seemed like a slower news week to me. Which, naturally, makes some of the awful stuff I did note stand out more. Articles I feel are particularly important are bolded, as usual.

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and i utterly repudiate and excoriate this bastard. and i find the response from the "big sky tea party associaton" unacceptably tepid, to boot. don't be like kanjorski and talk even jokingly about murdering your opponents. (this person doesn't understand individual rights, anyway. gay marriage does not/would not take away his constitutional rights ( Read more... )

we know what your reaction would have been if sarah palin had said this about giffords ( Read more... )