A funeral for a world that never was
Senator John McCain’s grand funeral was also a chance for the Establishment to take one step closer to its grave By SPENGLER SEPTEMBER 3, 2018 A Military Honor Guard […]
Russian Media Outlet Regnum.ru: The Third World War Has Already Started, So Far It Is Economic, Not Nuclear
The nationalist Russian media outlet Regnum.ru (its editor is banned from entering the Baltic countries and the Ukraine) published an article, titled “Eurasia’s Battle Against The Global Island: Does The […]
How the South Memorializes — and Forgets — Its History of Lynching
Source: Time Text by Sherrilyn Ifill | Photographs by Johnathon Kelso Between 1877 and 1950, more than 4,400 black Americans were killed by lynching in the United States. Our nation has always preferred to […]
Europe able to resist U.S. sanctions on Iran, but unwilling to do: Chomsky
September 2, 2018 TEHRAN – Noam Chomsky asserts that Europe is able to resist U.S. sanctions on Iran, but will probably be unwilling to do so. In an exclusive and […]
Intimate portraits show the diversity of America’s Muslims
Source: CNN “Islam continues to be associated with terrorism,” said Guzman, explaining why he embarked on the project. “It is the scapegoat used by politicians, white supremacists and some media outlets to falsely claim that Muslims support acts of violence and the erosion of democracy. “The series, as a whole, […]
Former ER Actress Vanessa Marquez Shot and Killed By Police After Pointing BB Gun at Officers
Source: Time By GINA MARTINEZ Former ER actress Vanessa Marquez was shot and killed by California police after pointing a BB gun at officers, Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Homicide Bureau detectives confirmed. […]
Mike Pence’s problem with science
Source: CNN By Michael D’Antonio and Peter Eisner (CNN)This is the third in a series of three op-eds tracing the long path of Vice President Mike Pence’s ambition, from college, […]
American Lawmakers Push to Sanction Chinese Officials Over Xinjiang Camps
Source: Wall Street Journal By Josh Chin and Eva Dou BEIJING—Members of Congress are pressuring the Trump administration to confront Beijing over the mass roundup of Muslims in internment camps, urging travel […]
Growing Catholic insurgency threatens top cardinal in Washington
Source: CNN By Daniel Burke and Rosa Flores, CNN Washington (CNN)The attorney general for the nation’s capital. The president of a Catholic college. Teachers at a celebrated Catholic elementary school. A former White […]
Poll: 60 percent disapprove of Trump, while clear majorities back Mueller and Sessions
Source: The Washington Post By Philip Rucker and Scott Clement President Trump’s disapproval rating has hit a high point of 60 percent, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll that also finds that […]
Most Americans say more women running for Congress is a good thing, as hope for a female president grows
Source: Pew Research Center BY RUTH IGIELNIK AND JULIANA MENASCE HOROWITZ Women are running for Congress in record numbers this year, and most Americans say this is a good thing. But there’s little consensus among […]
A pastor’s suicide should be a wake-up call about mental health and ministry
Source: CT I still hear people wondering why a pastor needs a day off. The comment usually taking the form of ‘I have a full time job outside the church, AND volunteer with my spare time. I don’t get time to myself either.’And therein lies the problem. Ministry brings unique […]
Faith Versus Superstition: How Do We Know?
New poll finds even religious Americans feel the good vibrations Source: Religion News Service By Yonat Shimron (RNS) — Amanda, a 28-year-old Los Angeles resident, used to go to church […]
Photographer’s goal to take series of photos across America , symbolizing chapters of the Quran
Intimate portraits show the diversity of America’s Muslims Source: CNN Written by Bard Wilkinson, CNN “When you look at my series,” said photographer Carlos Khalil Guzman, “the stereotype that Muslims can […]
Texas ex-officer is sentenced to 15 years for killing an unarmed teen
By Faith Karimi and Emanuella Grinberg, CNN (CNN) A Texas jury sentenced a former police officer to 15 years in prison Wednesday night for the shooting death of an unarmed […]
More People Died in Hurricane Maria than on 911: Where is the Outrage?
Epigraph: Whoever saves a life, it would be as if he or she has saved the whole of humanity. (Al Quran 5:32/33) How Puerto Rico’s death toll climbed from 64 […]
Alarming increase in STDs across America
Americans Are Getting STDs at Record Rates Source: Time By JAMIE DUCHARME Sexually transmitted disease (STD) rates in the U.S. are at a record high for the fourth year in a […]
American Catholics’ demands for reform intensify after letter implicates Pope Francis in sex abuse coverup
Source: The Washington Post By Julie Zauzmer and Michelle Boorstein August 28 at 7:01 AM In the wake of a summer of sexual abuse scandals in the Catholic Church, topped this weekend […]
‘Do Not Despair of Our Present Difficulties.’ Read John McCain’s Powerful Farewell Letter
Source: Time By KATIE REILLY Updated: August 27, 2018 4:17 PM ET In a final letter written before his death, the late Arizona Sen. John McCain said he had enjoyed “experiences, adventures and […]
Why it’s so hard to hold priests accountable for sex abuse
Source: Religion News Service By Carolyn M. Warner, who is associate director of graduate studies and a professor at Arizona State University. (The Conversation) — A grand jury report recently found shocking levels of child sex abuse in the Catholic Church. It uncovered, in six dioceses, the sexual abuse of over 1,000 […]