The G-8 expelled Russia over the invasion of Crimea, reducing it to the G-7. This sets a precedent: any country that pisses off the United States will get thrown out. How many will that leave?
Religious Beliefs of Corporations
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The U.S. Supreme Court is considering a lawsuit brought by Hobby Lobby, a corporation whose executives claim their religious beliefs as justification for refusing to provide certain kinds of birth control to their employees under the Affordable Care Act.
Miraculous Architecture
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An intact Bible has been recovered from the charred rubble of a building explosion in New York. Some are calling it a miracle. This kind of thing also happens when religious icons survive tornadoes. Isn’t it time that we began using the science of religious icon preservation to save human lives?
A New Home for the Tinfoil Hat
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The Snowden revelations about the NSA have switched things up: Now, if you DON’T think the government is spying on you, you’re crazy.
Intolerable
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The United States government is lecturing Russia about the invasion and annexation of Crimea, formerly part of Ukraine. But whatever moral standing the U.S. has is undermined, not only by its recent invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq, but by the tale of its own territorial expansion, beginning with the dispossession and genocide of the Native Americans.
Inflammatory Topics
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In the terrorism trial of Osama bin Laden’s brother-in-law, government prosecutors asked the judge to ban “inflammatory subjects” such as Guantanamo, secret prisons, drones and the NSA.
American Exceptionally Dumbism
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Americans don’t believe the truth unless it’s proven to them beyond a shadow of a doubt over and over, and then with more evidence than anyone should need.
Obama’s Hipster Charm Offensive
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Obama has appeared on Jimmy Fallon and Zach Galifianakis’ web video show. What’s next in the hipster charm offensive? Poetry slam!
Advertise Your Bigotry
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Businesses that discriminate against, for example, gays and lesbians, should be legally required to post that information publicly so that LGBT don’t waste time driving around and waiting in line before being turned away.
Flash War
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Heavily-armed men who took over Crimea last week refused to say who they were, so foreign media outlets dutifully refused to accuse Russia of invading Ukraine until after it had happened. Imagine how much better the invasion of Iraq would have gone if nobody had been able to blame the United States for it?
