House fails to override Haslam’s Bible bill veto
Source: The Tennessean Tennessee will not become the first state in the nation to make the Holy Bible its official book after an effort to override Gov. Bill Haslam’s veto failed […]
5 faith facts about Harriet Tubman: ‘American Moses’ is coming to $20 bill
Source: RNS (RNS) Harriet Tubman will replace Andrew Jackson on the $20 bill, the Treasury Department has announced. The move will make Tubman the first African-American, the first woman in […]
Obama looking for Gulf to step up on day 2 of Saudi visit
Source: CNN By Kevin Liptak, CNN White House Producer Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (CNN)A day after his longer-than-planned talks with Saudi King Salman partially eased some long-simmering tensions, President Barack Obama was working Thursday to persuade other Gulf leaders to take a more muscular role in stabilizing their region. During a […]
The righteous new religion of the Silicon Valley elite
Source: Catholic Herald One of the curious trends of recent years has been the rise of “the radical Rich” – billionaires devoted to progressive social movements, whether it’s same-sex marriage […]
Muslims Want to Review Deal Preventing Illegal Surveillance
Source: ABC News By LARRY NEUMEISTER, ASSOCIATED PRESS Members of the Muslim community asked Tuesday for more time to digest an agreement aimed at preventing illegal surveillance by the New York Police Department, saying they want to use the Ramadan season starting in early June to spread word among people […]
Harriet Tubman to Be Added to $20 Bill
Hamilton to stay on $10, Jackson getting replaced by Tubman Treasury Secretary Jack Lew on Wednesday will announce plans to both keep Alexander Hamilton on the front of the $10 […]
Obama in Saudi Arabia: Does the U.S. still need the Kingdom?
Source: CNN By Nicole Gaouette, CNN (CNN)President Barack Obama lands in Saudi Arabiaon Wednesday as the U.S. alliance with the Mideast powerhouse, long lubricated by barrels of oil, is being […]
US election 2016: Trump and Clinton win New York primaries
Source: BBC Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, frontrunners in the race to be the US presidential candidates for the Republican and Democratic parties, have secured comfortable victories in the crucial New York primary election. Mrs Clinton, after beating Bernie Sanders, said her victory for the Democratic nomination was in […]
‘An international disgrace’: Jesse Jackson calls for Chicago to close Homan Square
Source: The Guardian By Zach Stafford in Chicago and Spencer Ackerman in New York The Rev Jesse Jackson has called for Chicago police to close the warehouse it uses for thousands […]
Biden: ‘Overwhelming frustration’ with Netanyahu
Washington (CNN) Vice President Joe Biden criticized Israel’s government and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Monday, warning that the current direction Israel is headed in leaves little room for Middle East […]
Pennsylvania Governor Signs Bill Legalizing Medical Marijuana
Source: Time By Melissa Chan Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf on Sunday signed a bill legalizing medical marijuana, making the state the 24th in the country to authorize a comprehensive medical marijuana program. The “truly historic legislation,” the governor said, gives patients with serious medical conditions access to medical marijuana with a […]
Taxes What Taxes What your 2015 income tax dollars paid for
Source: CNN By Jeanne Sahadi So, you’ve probably just finished settling up your 2015 income tax bill with the IRS. (Or at least you should have, what with the due […]
Men Are Creepier Than Women, According To Science And Daily Life
Huff Post: by Taylor Pittman — According to a new study, men are more likely to be creepy than women Good news, ladies. A new study has confirmed what you’ve probably thought all along: some men can be pretty creepy. For a study titled “On the nature of creepiness,” Knox […]
Move Over, Trump: Polls Show Bernie Sanders Is 2016’s Most Popular Candidate
Source: Huffington Post By Ariel Edwards-Levy Staff Reporter and Polling Director, The Huffington Post No other 2016 candidate loves citing polls as much as Donald Trump, but Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders might […]
Corporate tax dodging costing US billions in annual income
Source: CNBC By Javier E. David Big multinational companies that shelter overseas profit from federal taxation cost the U.S. economy more than $100 billion a year by withholding more than […]
Nine more Guantánamo Bay prisoners released as population dwindles to 80
Source: The Guardian By Spencer Ackerman As Barack Obama prepares to visit Saudi Arabia, the Saudi royal family has taken custody of nine longtime Guantánamo Bay detainees, bringing Obama closer to […]
Sarah Palin mocks Bill Nye over climate change: He’s ‘as much as scientist as I am’
By David Wright, CNN Source: CNN Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin mocked Bill Nye on Thursday, using the premier of a film that criticizes climate change scientists to call into question Nye’s credentials. “Bill Nye is as much a scientist as I am,” the 2008 Republican vice presidential nominee said, […]
American Religion Has Never Looked Quite Like It Does Today
HuffPost: by Antonia Blumberg — Based on these trends, the future of religion in America probably isn’t a church. Nearly a century after German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche first proclaimed “God is dead,” TIME magazine released a controversial cover on its April 8, 1966 edition with the related provocative question: “Is […]
Ohio congressman objects to Bible removal at military base
Source: Associated Press DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio congressman said it’s unacceptable that a Bible was removed from a POW display at a military base medical center. U.S. Rep. Mike Turner sent a letter Wednesday to the top general at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base objecting to the Bible’s […]
Muslim Students Report Burglaries and Hate Literature at Idaho State
Source: The New York Times Federal officials and the local police are investigating burglaries and hate literature that appear to be directed at Muslim students attending Idaho State University in […]