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Is It Time To Start Taxing Churches?

Robin Marty — Sat, 26 May 2012 06:00:04 +0000

As institutions of faith, churches are not forced to pay taxes like the citizens and (usually) corporations in the rest of the United States.� The original argument was that, like charity, church profits and donations go to doing public good — feeding the poor, caring for the sick and other projects that help to build [...]

What Went Wrong in Etobicoke Centre?

Amy Boughner — Sat, 26 May 2012 05:00:00 +0000

After months of debate about problems with the 2011 Canadian federal election, one riding has seen its results declared void by a judge. The judge threw out 79 ballots in a riding that saw a difference of only 26 votes between the Conservative and Liberal candidates. But while Canadians have been hearing for months about [...]

Right Wing Idiot of The Day (With Happy Ending)

Paul Canning — Sat, 26 May 2012 04:00:44 +0000

Mr. George Tierney, Jr. of Greenville South Carolina doesn’t like Sandra Fluke. See, she’s a liar and she’s responsible for this whole ‘War On Women,’ which is insulting to the troops. He knows it’s all true because he heard it on “the news.” He thinks, via Twitter, that Fluke should: Shut that god damn dick [...]

Tory MP Steps Out of Bounds, Quickly Reigned In

Amy Boughner — Sat, 26 May 2012 03:00:17 +0000

In Canadian politics, there is the way it’s supposed to work and the way it actually works. In our system, we are supposed to vote for our local representatives, who will go to Parliament Hill and vote for their constituents’ best interests. What actually happens is that most Canadians vote for the party or the [...]

Opposition Leaders Released Amid Fine Turmoil

Sarah Vrba — Sat, 26 May 2012 02:30:37 +0000

Russian president Vladimir Putin ruffled a few feathers on Tuesday when he pushed forward a bill that would raise the fines for demonstrating and violating public order from only a few hundred dollars to more than $32,000, or 1 million rubles. The bill passed its first three readings, although the majority of the other parties [...]

Let’s Visit Harvey Milk Street (Video)

Paul Canning — Sat, 26 May 2012 02:00:43 +0000

On California’s third “Harvey Milk Day” on Thursday, San Diego held a ceremony to name America’s first street honoring the gay rights hero. Milk served in the Navy as a Lieutenant while based in San Diego. Stuart Milk, chairman of the Harvey Milk Foundation and nephew of the slain leader, said that Harvey loved San [...]

Millennials, Activism and Race: A New Study

Ashley Lauren — Sat, 26 May 2012 01:30:48 +0000

The Applied Research Center, publisher of Colorlines.com, just released a new study entitled “Millennials, Activism, and Race” as a response to a previous study called “Don’t Call Them ‘Post-Racial,’” which aimed to disprove the notion that, since Barack Obama was elected President, race is no longer a barrier to success. This most recent report intended [...]

Rev. Sharpton Pops Back On Trayvon Coverage Criticism (Video)

Paul Canning — Sat, 26 May 2012 01:00:00 +0000

Since Prosecutor Angela Corey released a slew of evidence in the Trayvon Martin case, both the right-wing media and some of the mainstream media have been having a field day. For the right-wing media, it has been to proclaim George Zimmerman’s innocence and for both them and the MSM it has been to pick through [...]

Mexican Students Demand Change

Sarah Vrba — Sat, 26 May 2012 00:30:06 +0000

Student protests in Mexico City have a long history. The most famous demonstration was the student massacre of 1968, when students gathered in Tlatelolco in Mexico City to protest police brutality and control. Shooting broke out from snipers hidden on rooftops in the Plaza de las Tres Culturas as well as the encroaching police force, [...]

Do Liberals Rely too Much on Cliches?

Julie M. Rodriguez — Sat, 26 May 2012 00:14:15 +0000

Conservative critic Jonah Goldberg has a new book out, “The Tyranny of Cliches: How Liberals Cheat in the War of Ideas,” and he’s currently drumming up publicity in the media. His central premise? That liberals avoid discussions of the actual issues by relying on cliches and soundbites. In an interview with NPR, Goldberg says that [...]