More good news on separation of church and state: A Colorado district court ruled, on August 12, 2011, that “a voucher plan adopted by
Author: Gloria Shur Bilchik
Gloria Shur Bilchik is a freelance writer and community volunteer in St. Louis, Missouri. She is the editor of Occasional Planet. She views the preservation of democratic values and progressive programs as vital to making the US a humane, livable place for her children and grandchildren.
Mike Huckabee robo calling–again
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Attention, lefties over the age of 50: The Republican we all loved to hate in the 1960s and 70s, the President we reviled for
Mike Huckabee wants to “take a jackhammer to U.N. headquarters in NYC”
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$2 trillion: the ballpark figure du jour?
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135 missions, and no longer counting. The space Shuttle program may have ended on July 21, 2011, but our fascination with space exploration did