Monthly Archives: December 2011

Phillips Brooks was 30 years old in 1865 when he delivered his sermon on the death of Abraham Lincoln saying,  “The more we see of events, the less we come to believe in any fate or destiny except the destiny … Continue reading →

The Ohio House has passed legislation, SB-165, making it a new requirement that all Ohio schools teach the “original texts” of “the Declaration of Independence, the Northwest Ordinance, the United States Constitution and its amendments, with emphasis on the Bill … Continue reading →

I see that my local congressman, Mike Turner, OH-3, voted with the Republican majority in the House to block the bipartisan Senate action extending unemployment and the payroll tax cut by two months. Typical for Turner, he released no statement … Continue reading →

In the recent Republican debate, Newt Gingrich pandered to his right wing audience by, once again, resorted to demagoguery — most obviously in his hateful comments about Palestinians, referring to them as a group, as “invented,” referring to them, as … Continue reading →