What Do “Law and Order” Conservatives Have to Say About the Kentucky Gay Marriage Controversy?

Read MoreYou’ve got to hand it to conservatives.
The so-called advocates of “law and order” have become champions of unlawful disorder.

Read MoreYou’ve got to hand it to conservatives.
The so-called advocates of “law and order” have become champions of unlawful disorder.

You won’t believe what they’re burning.
What books should be burned? Are there any?
If so, name them.
Are some books so gravely perilous — both to the reader and to society — that burning them could be construed as a righteous act?
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Enlightenment must include detours, challenging basic assumptions, and willingness to change when confronted with evidence.
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Read MoreWhat moral responsibilities, if any, do those of us in wealthy countries have to accept new immigrants from less-developed nations?

Read MoreAssholes of America have found their ideal candidate.
He embodies their deepest-rooted fears. He plays to their crazed phobias and nuttiest conspiracy theories. He exploits their frantic desperation for simple answers to complex problems. He’s the grotesque political pathogen of mass ignorance. Like them, he’s every bit as mean, as crude, as juvenile, as xenophobic, and overtly as sexist and as racist as they are — only worse.