They say it all started with Philip J. Berg. Well, Mr. Berg may indeed have been the first lawyer to bring the Obama birth certificate conspiracy theory to trial, but he was not the first Obama Birther – not by a long shot.
The bigotry and the bile continue to flow over at Fox News. The whole roster of misinforminators seem hellbent on whipping up a race war over allegations that the New Black Panther Party engaged in voter intimidation outside a polling place in Philadelphia in 2008. They show the same lame video with a regularity rivaling [...]
Starting Tuesday, it will be easier for Veterans to receive help and benefits for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. The Department of Veterans Affairs has softened the cumbersome burden of proof that has denied may veterans. The process to receive treatment for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder is unwieldy. Largely because it’s so difficult for soldiers to [...]
I suspect we are all familiar with the argument that if someones behaviour does not seem consistent with their message, the message is obviously false. The argument is totally wrong, but it needs to be taken very seriously because the fact that it is wrong turns out not too matter in the slightest. First why [...]
For his 70th birthday last week, Ringo Starr bestowed a spiritual, healing gift upon the world. At as special ceremony in New York City’s famed Times Square the ageless, jubilant Beatle requested that we all say, write, e-mail, tweet or think the words peace and love every day at noon. That simple, hopeful, healing gesture [...]
