by Elisabeth Parker | Jul 13, 2015 | News & Politics
If We Liberals Are So Danged Smart, Why Don’t We “Get” How Politics and Language Work? “Political language… is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind.” —...
by Elisabeth Parker | Apr 7, 2015 | News & Politics
How much should a stay-at-home mom get paid for all the work she does? Steve Nelms did some research and realized the shocking truth: He can’t afford his wife. In Nelms’ blog post “Fathers, you can’t afford a stay-at-home mom,” he breaks down all the various tasks...
by Elisabeth Parker | Apr 4, 2015 | News & Politics
Right-wingers keep going on and on about how much they love Jesus Christ. They see him as their “personal” Savior. But when you read the following 20 quotes from the New Testament, you’ll wonder what Bible they’re reading. Dictionary.Com defines the word “Christian”...
by Elisabeth Parker | Nov 10, 2014 | News & Politics
What would you buy with $4 billion? USA Today reports this year’s election was on track to cost nearly $4 billion. That’s right. The corporate plutocrats, the NRA, and other special interests — plus those of us desperately pitching in small contributions to give our...
by Elisabeth Parker | Oct 15, 2014 | News & Politics
Young black men shot by police 21 times more often than young white men: If you were their mothers, would you find this acceptable? If you still harbor any of those sparkly, rainbow, magic unicorn poop delusions of racism being a thing of the past, this grim new...
by Elisabeth Parker | Oct 15, 2014 | News & Politics
Is publicly shaming a child ever acceptable? When Kevin Jones found out that his beautiful, 5’9″ daughter with the cute figure had social media accounts and was dating— both of which are against his rules — he took swift and decisive action by shaming her on Facebook....
