Ralph Waldo Emerson (May 25, 1803 – April 27, 1882)
American Essayist, Lecturer, and Poet, who led the
Transcendentalist movement of the mid-19th century
What lies behind us and what lies before us are small matters compared to what lies within us.
Americans United opposes creationism in public school science classes because it is based on a fundamentalist interpretation of the Bible . . . A new documentary with the provocative title “No Dinosaurs in Heaven” explores these issues . . . ‘No Dinosaurs in Heaven’ intelligently argues that public education must steadfastly resist the encroachment of religion in the form of creationism, and that science literacy is essential to a healthy democracy.” Read more . . .
Harriet Tubman, born Araminta Ross (c. March 1822 – March 10, 1913)
African-American Abolitionist, Humanitarian, and Union Spy during the American Civil War
I had reasoned this out in my mind, there was one of two things I had a right to, liberty or death; if I could not have one, I would have the other. I freed a thousand slaves I could have freed a thousand more if only they knew they were slaves.
It is one thing for a person, either disapproving of gravity or disbelieving in its power, to step off of a ledge. The only people he harms are himself and the potential person he might land on below. But it is simple insanity to put the fate of the United States – and, indeed, the fate of the world – into the hands of such a person. Read more . . .
Ann Coulter is a horrible, ignorant person who once wrote a whole book accusing liberals of being Godless, as if that were an insult, and advancing arguments against evolution that made the standard noisy creationist look like a veritable scholar . . . By the way, the Coulter challenge is still open, and has been for five years. All anyone has to do is pick one paragraph, any paragraph, from her evolution chapters in Godless, and post it with a defense of its accuracy. Read more . . .
It is hard to find a tax cut that Congressional Republicans dislike. Unless it is a tax cut pushed by President Obama . . . “ Republicans will have to stand up to the fact if they oppose it they are for tax cuts for the rich but not for the middle class . . . ” Lower- and middle-income workers are the greatest beneficiaries of the tax cut . . . Democrats note that Republicans had no problem extending the so-called Bush tax cuts of 2001, even though those cuts were also originally designated as temporary. “This seems to be one of those situations where, since Obama says yes, we say no,” Read more . . .
Throughout the U.S. military, with chapters on virtually every military installation worldwide, lurks an organization of over 15,500 fundamentalist Christian military officers who think their real duty is not to protect and defend the Constitution, but to raise up “a spiritually transformed military, with ambassadors for Christ in uniform, empowered by the Holy Spirit.” These officers belong to an organization called the Officers’ Christian Fellowship (OCF), and range in rank from future officers in ROTC and at the U.S. military’s service academies to generals and admirals. Read more . . .
Christian conservatives in America are not more militant than ever. Pat Robertson, a Christian minister, ran for president in 1988. Robertson was, actually, a dominionist. “There will never be world peace until God’s house and God’s people are given their rightful place of leadership at the top of the world,” he wrote. Read more . . .
