Author: Steven D

Quote of the Day: Frivolous Wars a Drug

From Ramzy Baroud in his article on Asia Times Online criticizing French President Francois Hollande’s reaction to the Charlie Hebdo terrorist attack by stating France must “fight the terrorists over there”...

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My New Year’s Message

This diary is inspired by a response I read to the death of Leelah Alcorn, whose tragic story you can read about here. Excuse me if I start with a personal story, and then proceed to a more general general discussion of the...

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Open Letter to Black Men

NOTICE: The following is a work of SATIRE. If you don’t like satire that addresses police shootings of unarmed black men, or feel that this subject is inappropriate for satirical treatment, then please do not read it....

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Not Breaking Bad News on Arctic Warming

Polar vortexes and bizarre massive snowstorms in November allow many Republicans, conservatives and other climate deniers (cough – Big Oil – Cough) to scoff at the idea of climate change or global warming. Indeed,...

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Enlightened Christians?

At times, I’ve been confronted by people who argue that Muslims are barbaric and Islam is an evil religion that preaches violence and war, as compared to Christianity in America, where we are a nation of enlightened...

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