Girl drink drunk

Thu. May. 15th, 2014

You’re not normally my type, as I’m a grown man with dignity and self-respect. But it’s 95 degrees outside and the air conditioning at work is broken.

Criminals hiding behind religion

Thu. May. 15th, 2014  |  Melvyn Magree

If God is so powerful, why does He use so many different intermediaries to make His will known?  Few of these intermediaries even agree on what God revealed to them.  Too many of these “intermediaries” have their own agendas. 

Project Censored

Thu. May. 22nd, 2014

The News That Didn't Make The News

Saints to emulate

Thu. May. 22nd, 2014  |  Melvyn Magree

What is a saint?  Many individuals and institutions have their definitions: exemplary behavior, martyrdom, and performing miracles.  I define a saint as one who strives to help others, whether spiritually or physically.

Local Vets for Peace Chapter is Banned from Duluth’s Memorial Day Parade

Thu. May. 22nd, 2014  |  Gary G. Kohls, MD

“I hate war as only a soldier who has lived it can, only as one who has seen its brutality, its futility, its stupidity.” –Dwight D. Eisenhower

There are two kinds

Thu. May. 22nd, 2014  |  Harry Drabik

I much prefer the attitude of “Live and let live” to one of confrontation and contention, but being too “Live and let live”-y can get us into trouble if we’re too damn nice to ask why we’re digging all the person-sized holes we’ve been asked to dig

It doesn’t hurt to learn a little more—Part Two or Three

Thu. May. 22nd, 2014  |  Forrest Johnson

Science and God are everywhere. One is blasphemous and the other sanctimonious according to the many candidates of the New Conservative Neanderthal Party (NCNP).

The Supreme Court, Religion, And Intended Consequences

Thu. May. 22nd, 2014  |  Ed Raymond

It’s an amazing list of religions imported with their practitioners from every country in the world. We have only 35 major Christian religious denominations while 127 “New Age” and 124 “Other” religions are recognized by the Internal Revenue Service

Remembering on Memorial Day

Thu. May. 22nd, 2014

I am a pacifist. You, my fellow citizens … are pacifists, too.” Franklin D. Roosevelt, May 11, 1940. Benjamin Franklin said, there never was a good war or a bad peace, but you’d never know it from Memorial Day in the United States.

Boney Fingers v. Soft Hands Work

Thu. May. 22nd, 2014

An old cliché says: “Hard work always pays off.” Really? Ask a farm worker about that, or talk to a McDonald’s fry cook working three shifts to piece together an income that still leaves them in poverty.