Plead the First

Update, October 2014: I’m removing this cartoon. After witnessing the mess in Ferguson this summer, and the discussions surrounding it, I don’t feel I can stand behind it any longer. The intentions behind it were good, but that doesn’t mean that I was right. There’s a lot more to issues around race than I had […]

… because our city council is about to fight a losing battle: Mike Pugh got a standing ovation even before he finished telling the gathering for the “In Jesus’ Name” prayer rally Saturday that he is willing to take the fight to invoke the name of Jesus in opening City Council meetings all the way […]

From CNN.com: A bitterly divided U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday issued what is likely to be a landmark opinion — ruling that race cannot be a factor in the assignment of children to public schools. The court struck down public school choice plans in Seattle, Washington, and Louisville, Kentucky, concluding they relied on an unconstitutional […]

Fecund Stench has an update on the now-full-strength surge in Iraq. It’s not sounding too helpful, unfortunately.

There are some who attempt to wave away the fact that there is a correlation between being Republican and disbelieving the theory of evolution. However, a recent Gallup poll supports that correlation: The majority of Republicans in the United States do not believe the theory of evolution is true and do not believe that humans […]

Three GOP Presidential candidates – Brownback, Tancredo and Huckabee – that’s who. (Pointed out to me by Ged)

Local blogger Joe Guarino recently wrote about City Councilwoman Yvonne Johnson’s announcement of her mayoral candidacy. At the end of his post, Joe had this to say: The News and Record also reported that Rev. Howard Chubbs offered his endorsement and spoke on her behalf. He is the pastor of Providence Baptist Church, reported to […]