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I am a Virginian.  My mother was a Virginian, and so was her father. His family came to the colonies out of necessity and...

Just a few bite-size stories to nibble on today: Top home-school texts dismiss Darwin, evolution By DYLAN LOVAN Associated Press Writer LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) -- Two of the...

About 30 years ago, the religious right decided, after futile attempts to affect policy by creating their own power center, that it would be...

As a follow-up to Hate in America, did anyone see the DKos diary on the group in Texas called Repent Amarillo? http://www.texasobserver.org/dateline/he-who-casts-the-first-stone What’s next for Repent?...

Due to the work of dogged investigative reporting, it has been uncovered that the GOP is actually a scripted "reality" show for the Fox...

This morning as I was watching last night’s Craig Ferguson Show that we tape since we can’t stay up that late, his monologue struck...

Yesterday, March 2, 2010, the Southern Poverty Law center issued a new report on hate groups in America. The report documents a 244 percent increase...

February 1, 1979. Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini's fourteen year exile was finally coming to an end. From Neauphle-le-Château where he had spent only a few...

It was a GREAT day to be a Canadian! It is not an exaggeration to say that the entire country lived, died, then lived again....

What is the difference between an arsonist and Sen. Jim Bunning? Most arsonists never pitched in major league baseball. The last 3 years have been a...