We have a conflagration of “Lost Causes” in America. Some people in the South still revere the Confederate leaders who betrayed the United States during the Civil War. Now much of the South is wrapped up in another “Lost Cause” a series of destructive myths – the fiction that the election was stolen from Donald […]
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Reproductive Choice
Don’t Compare Texas Abortion law to Islamic Law: Most Muslims are and have been More Liberal
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Texas “heartbeat law” banning abortion after six weeks has prompted comparisons of Texas evangelicals to Afghanistan’s Taliban. There is a resemblance globally of religious-Right movements on women’s issues, since religious conservatism is usually patriarchal and aims at controlling women. If, however, the comparison is between Christianity and Islam in […]
Alt-Right Fever Swamp or 1st liberal Supreme Court in a Generation?
By David M. Faris | (Informed Comment) | – – The U.S. presidential election continues to grind agonizingly to its conclusion. Maybe you haven’t noticed, but America has turned into a kind of permanent Halloween for Nazis and white supremacists. This week former Ku Klux Klan Grand Wizard David Duke shared a Louisiana Senate debate […]
Turkish President: Muslims who use Birth Control are Traitors
By Arzu Geybullayeva | (GlobalVoices.org) | – – In the past 72 hours, international media coverage of Turkey has been replete with headlines such as “Go forth and multiply: Turkey President Erdogan warns Muslims”; “Turkey’s Erdogan warms Muslims against birth control”; “Family planning not for Muslims, says Turkey’s President”; and “Turkey’s Erdogan: No Muslim family […]
Sadiq Khan and Trump: Why KKK Donald’s values are Unacceptable
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The charismatic young mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, is calling out Donald Trump for his bigotry toward Muslims. He says he plans to visit the United States this fall before the presidential election, because in case Trump wins, he won’t be able to. He had told […]
Trump’s Bad ideas are just our Current Practices on Steroids
By Janine Jackson | ( Otherwords.org) | – – Mass deportations? Attacks on innocent [non-]combatants? Punishing abortion restrictions? They’re all happening already. Readers of The Boston Globe were recently treated to an unusual spectacle — a parody front page and insert filled with mock stories of how a Donald Trump presidency might play out. “Deportations […]
Anti-choicers condemning Trump while pushing laws that punish women (Seth Meyers)
Seth Meyers | (NBC Late Night Video) | – – “Seth takes a closer look at Donald Trump’s controversial statement that there should be “some form of punishment” for women who seek abortions.” Late Night with Seth Meyers: “Trump’s Abortion Comments: A Closer Look”
Republican front-runner Donald Trump: Women’s “punishment” for abortions
TeleSur | – – Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump said Wednesday that women may need to be “punished” for having abortions in the United States. Speaking at a MSNBC town hall in Wisconsin, Trump said “there has to be some form of punishment” for terminating a pregnancy, adding that the specifics would have to be […]
Donald Trump Fails Foreign Policy 101, calls Interviewer “Third Rate”
AJ+ | (Video News Report) | – – “Donald Trump was on the Hugh Hewitt radio show and fumbled his way through a foreign-policy pop quiz.” AJ+: “Donald Trump Fails Foreign-Policy Quiz”
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