Dark Ages
- Pitirim Sorokin--"Sorokin believed that present-day Sensate/scientific culture was in a state of fatigue; that it had run its course. When you have the excessive domination of a single system, he wrote, eventually it begins to exhibit signs of self-destruction. "
- Conservatives Attack Scientific Findings About Why They Hate Science (Helping to Confirm the Science)
- Dark Ages Redux: American Politics and the End of the Enlightenment
- As America Grows More Polarized, Conservatives Increasingly Reject Science and Rational Thought
- Are Americans dumb?--"Retiring congressman Gary Ackerman thinks so -- is he right?" Salon
- Americans are dangerously uninformed--"'The Newsroom's' Emily Mortimer calls the Tea Party a 'lunatic fringe,' and says Americans fall too easily for lies." Salon
- The Texas GOP Platform's Horror Show for Children--"We oppose the teaching of Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS) (values clarification), critical thinking skills and similar programs that are simply a relabeling of Outcome-Based Education (OBE) (mastery learning) which focus on behavior modification and have the purpose of challenging the student’s fixed beliefs and undermining parental authority."
- Robert Reich: Some Republicans Have A Stupid Idea Of Patriotism
- Maher on What Teenage Right-Wingers Represent: Conservatism Today Is "Just Being a Dick"
- Homophobia, the church and politics: How the religious right seized political power
- Judge Tosses WND Suit Against Esquire Over 'Birther' Parody Post
- Washington parent: Sex education is 'just the same as raping somebody' --Ignorance is dangerous.
- Science or sex: Which does the right hate more?--"Parents and right-wingers revolt when a teacher dares answer fifth-graders' questions with honesty and respect." Salon
- Americans for Prosperity vs. Metrorail
- The Myth About Marriage
- Divorce Rates Are Highest Among Evangelicals
- I Don’t!: How a bizarre legal case involving a mysterious billionaire could force 1.2 million Canadians to be married, against their will.
- Defense Of Marriage Act Ruled Unconstitutional By Second Federal Judge
- DOMA Ruled Unconstitutional By Federal Appeals Court
- The Defense of Marriage Act, Exposed--"The federal courts that have reviewed this law since 2010 have found that it fails to meet the most elementary test of constitutionality." This test is one of consistency across states. NYT
- Marco Rubio's 'DREAM' dead for now--"President Barack Obama's move to allow some children of illegal immigrants to remain in the United States appears to have sunk Rubio's effort to push forward a Republican version of the so-called DREAM Act before the November elections."
- How Jan Brewer and Many Others Got the Supreme Court's Immigration Ruling Wrong
- 'Papers please' ex-legislator booted from AZ Mexican restaurants in fundraiser flap
- Sheriff Joe Arpaio's Office Arrests 6-Year Old Girl Suspected Of Undocumented Immigration
- Colbert: Arizona Needs To Assert Its Sovereignty On All Sorts Of Things
- Racist Arizona GOP radio host calls Obama "First Monkey President"
- Inge Marler, Arkansas Tea Party Leader, Resigns After Racist Joke
- Cop who bragged he 'fried another n-----' admits he falsely busted an S.I. black man to teach him respect for law enforcement
- Racist Tube rant woman Jacqueline Woodhouse jailed
- Black Man Kicked Out of Racist Bar; Cops Don’t Help, But Social Media Does
