A progressive political blog that highlights the infringement of religion upon today’s government.

According to this story on the Carpetbagger Report and backed up by BBC News the cost of the Iraq War may be almost double the official estimate! That takes the cost up to somewhere in the neighborhood of 1.5 Trillion dollars. Remember that billions of the “official” estimate are missing so we have [...]

In a free country the government’s most important duty is to protect the civil liberties of its people. Secondary to that is the duty to protect its people. Countries where those two duties get mixed up quickly fall to fascism and dictatorship as civil liberties are destroyed in the name of “security”. [...]

We have created a poll on the sidebar to make voting for your choice of charity easier.  For those who missed the story (you can read it here) we are donating 100% of the money made from this website for the month of October to our readers choice of charity.  Originally we planned to donate [...]

Across the country today women are wearing red to speak out against violence towards women of color. This is a problem in our country and across the world that needs serious attention. Click here or on the image to learn more about what you can do to help.
Here is what one woman, Aishah [...]

As you all know California has recently been struck a terrible blow by raging wildfires which destroyed some 1800 homes. If you have been following the news you undoubtedly know that the political maneuvering started almost as fast as the fires themselves, and spread even faster. Coming from a proud tradition of firefighters [...]