The commercialization of Mother’s Day so outraged its founder that she spent the rest of her life fighting against the corporate payday it had become.
Mother’s Day Founder Died Fighting Against Its Commercialization
by Abby Miller •
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Life Begins At Conception? That Wasn’t Always The Rule For Church
by T. Steelman •
Even more shocking: Before the 1970s, when the so-called ‘religious right’ realized what an excellent political issue abortion could be, the pro-’life’ movement we know today didn’t even EXIST.
Breitbart Editor Dismisses Racism, Says Ethnic Studies Classes Are Used To ‘Meet Girls’ (VIDEO)
by Justin Acuff •
Not only that, but he also implies that there is no longer any such thing as racism in America and that saying so is, in itself, racist .
Illinois GOP Rep. Says Gay Relationships Are ‘Disordered’ And Her NO On Equality Is ‘Courageous’
by Rika Christensen •
‘They’re trying to weasel their way in to acceptability so they can start to push their agenda down into the schools…’
Conservative Says Fasting And Prayer Ended The Civil War (VIDEO)
by Justin Acuff •
A guest of Glenn Beck’s makes a wonderful post hoc fallacious statement with regard to a prayer day that happened two years before the end of the war.
Crazy Talk From Mitt Romney On Terrorism
by Jack Watkins •
Out of his depth on foreign policy, Mitt Romney goes ‘off the deep end’ on nuclear terrorism in America.
Weekend Reading List
by Winning Progressive •
Fast and Furious is a witch hunt, trickle-down doesn’t work, there’s no reason for states to turn down the Affordable Care Act.
What Past Presidents Thought About Big Banks
by Stephen D. Foster Jr. •
The Occupy Wall Street protesters have been standing against the big banks for a few months now. They are protesting the greed, irresponsibility, and fraud that banks like Bank of America, Citigroup, and JPMorgan Chase commit on a daily basis. The big banks of Wall Street caused an economic collapse.
Mississippi Republicans Seek To Ban Liberal History In Social Studies Courses
by Stephen D. Foster Jr. •
According to the Mississippi Clarion Ledger, House Bill 1384 prohibits educators from teaching what Republicans call ‘any partisan agenda or philosophy,’ but to hear some of them talk about the bill, what it really sounds like is that conservatives want to force instructors to teach history the way they see it.
Sarah Palin Says President Obama Wants America To Go Back To The Way It Was Before The Civil War (VIDEO)
by Stephen D. Foster Jr. •
During an appearance on Fox News on Wednesday, Sarah Palin told Sean Hannity that President Obama wants America to be as it is was before the Civil War.