Monthly Archives: April 2015

Zaid Jilani: “How Religious ‘Liberty’ Has Been Used to Justify Racism, Sexism and Slavery Throughout History”

Posted on April 9, 2015 by Elaine Magliaro

By Elaine Magliaro Zaid Jilani has an interesting article titled How Religious ‘Liberty’ Has Been Used to Justify Racism, Sexism and Slavery Throughout History over at AlterNet. Jilani says that religion has been used for hundreds of years to deny … Continue reading →

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Et Tu, Wisconsin?: Following in the Footsteps of Florida, the Badger State’s Board of Commissioners of Public Lands Bans Discussion of Climate Change for State Agency

Posted on April 8, 2015 by Elaine Magliaro

By Elaine Magliaro Eric Roston (Bloomberg) reported earlier today that discussing the subject of climate change is now “out of bounds for workers at a state agency in Wisconsin.” Roston said that “any work related to climate change—even responding to … Continue reading →

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WTF: Department of Justice Defies Congress and Claims It Can Prosecute Medical Marijuana Cases…at a Time When a Government-Funded Group Admits New Research Shows That Cannabinoids May Be Helpful in Treating a Deadly Form of Brain Cancer

Posted on April 8, 2015 by Elaine Magliaro

By Elaine Magliaro Timothy Phelps (Los Angeles Times) reported last week that the Department of Justice (DOJ) claims that it can prosecute medical marijuana cases despite the fact that Congress passed a bipartisan amendment last year which prohibited the DOJ from … Continue reading →

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Gun Owner Accidentally Shoots Himself While Attending Easter Vigil Mass in Altoona, Pennsylvania

Posted on April 6, 2015 by Elaine Magliaro

By Elaine Magliaro Courtney Fischer of WTAE reported that a gun accidentally went off about 11 p.m. on Saturday during an Easter Vigil Mass at the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament in Altoona, Pennsylvania. Altoona police said that the gun … Continue reading →

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“In Praise of Zigzags”–A Poem by Jane O. Wayne for National Poetry Month

Posted on April 6, 2015 by Elaine Magliaro

By Elaine Magliaro In Praise of Zigzags is one of my favorite poems. It brings to mind all of the students that I had during my years in teaching who marched to the beat of a different drum…who didn’t always … Continue reading →

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Kevin Bollaert, Creator of a “Revenge Porn” Website, Sentenced to 18 Years in Prison

Posted on April 5, 2015 by Elaine Magliaro

By Elaine Magliaro Last Friday, Kamala D. Harris, California’s Attorney General, announced that Kevin Christopher Bollaert, “the operator of a cyber-exploitation website which posted nude photos of individuals with personal identifying information without their consent, was sentenced to 18 years in … Continue reading →

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San Francisco Police Officers To Be Dismissed for Sending Racist and Homophobic Text Messages

Posted on April 4, 2015 by Elaine Magliaro

By Elaine Magliaro Timothy Williams (New York Times) reported on Friday that Greg Suhr, San Francisco’s police chief, said that “he had moved to dismiss seven officers who sent or received text messages that spoke of lynching African-Americans and burning crosses. … Continue reading →

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Frogs: God’s First Attempt At Making Humans

Posted on April 3, 2015 by Bob Stone

Carl Jung liked to think that frogs were God’s first attempt at making humans.  He once said  “The toads and the frogs are God’s first attempt to make man on the cold blooded level, and then he didn’t quite succeed. … Continue reading →

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“CONSOLATION”: A Poem by Wislawa Szymborska

Posted on April 3, 2015 by Elaine Magliaro

Posted by Elaine Magliaro For the first Poetry Friday of National Poetry Month, I’m posting a poem by my favorite poet–Wislawa Szymborska. CONSOLATION By Wisława Szymborska (Translated By Clare Cavanagh and Stanisław Barańczak) Darwin. They say he read novels to … Continue reading →

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NYPD Detective Who Verbally Abused Uber Driver Placed on Modified Assignment

Posted on April 2, 2015 by Elaine Magliaro

By Elaine Magliaro Patrick Cherry, a New York police detective assigned to the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force with top-secret security clearance, has reportedly been stripped of his badge and his gun and placed on modified assignment after verbally abusing … Continue reading →

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