Rand Paul Defender Of Civil Liberties Calls For Jailing People Who Attend Radical Political Speeches

if someone is attending speeches from someone who is promoting the violent overthrow of our government, that’s really an offense that we should be going after — they should be deported or put in prison. From Think Progress There are libertarians with sincere belifs that I might disagree with but still respect. And then there… Continue reading Rand Paul Defender Of Civil Liberties Calls For Jailing People Who Attend Radical Political Speeches

Global Commission Of Former Officials Says War On Drugs Has Failed

“The global war on drugs has failed, with devastating consequences for individuals and societies around the world,” the report reads. “Fifty years after the initiation of the UN Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, and 40 years after President Nixon launched the US government’s war on drugs, fundamental reforms in national and global drug control policies… Continue reading Global Commission Of Former Officials Says War On Drugs Has Failed

Geometry skills are innate, Amazon tribe study suggests

Researchers examined how the Mundurucu think about lines, points and angles, comparing the results with equivalent tests on French and US schoolchildren. The Mundurucu showed comparable understanding, and even outperformed the students on tasks that asked about forms on spherical surfaces. … The ideas are profoundly ingrained in formal education, but what remains a matter… Continue reading Geometry skills are innate, Amazon tribe study suggests

Viva the back nine! Luxury Golf Resorts Heading to Cuba

50 years later, foreign developers say the Cuban government has swung in nearly the opposite direction, giving preliminary approval in recent weeks for four large luxury golf resorts on the island, the first in an expected wave of more than a dozen that the government anticipates will lure free-spending tourists to a nation hungry for… Continue reading Viva the back nine! Luxury Golf Resorts Heading to Cuba

Lisa Lampanelli Donates $1, 000 To Gay Charity For Every Westboro Baptist Picketer At Her Show

After hearing that the Westboro Baptist Church wanted to picket last night’s show, comedian Lisa Lampanelli said that for every person who showed up to protest, she would donate $1,000 to charity Gay Men’s Health Crisis, “the nation’s oldest HIV/AIDS prevention, treatment and care services provider”: From Jezebel If everyone did this, they would finally go… Continue reading Lisa Lampanelli Donates $1, 000 To Gay Charity For Every Westboro Baptist Picketer At Her Show

Religion and Sex Quiz

Think you know what the Bible says about social issues like abortion and same-sex marriage? Take this quiz and let’s see. From NYT Kristof on the gap between what the bible says and what the bible also says. Or why the bible is an awful political policy guide.

Three thoughts on Israel

If the 1967 borders are indefensible as PM Netanyahu asserts, then how did the Israel  defend them in 1967? Are the people demanding a return to the 1967 borders willing to admit that the borders changed because Israel was attacked? Are the people complaining about the treatment of the Palestinians equally concerned about Saudi women? Foreign laborers in Dubai? Or… Continue reading Three thoughts on Israel

Embracing unorthodox tax plans

The Republican field is filled with potential candidates who have called for radical overhauls of the tax code, the abolition of the IRS, an end to the Federal Reserve central bank— and even a return to the gold standard. From Politico Unorthodox is polite for crank. Fair discussion, far more fair then I would be.