Column: Fix Congress: Overturn Vieth v. Jubelirer!

OK House Republicans””I give up. Since you’ve been the majority the only thing you’ve accomplished is naming things after Reagan and voting to repeal Obamacare an unprecedented””let alone unreasonable””38 times. Seriously, you’ve done nothing. Even Congresses that set out to do nothing and were dubbed “Do-Nothing,” look like overachievers by comparison. Last Sunday on “Face… Continue reading

Column: How to Seem Racist: A Guide

It feels like this needs to be said: Pro-Zimmerman folks, when you celebrate the now decidedly legal shooting death of an unarmed adolescent, it’s ghoulish””and it makes you seem racist. Here’s why: Trayvon Martin was a kid. He didn’t have a criminal record””his killer did. Martin had a legitimate reason for being in that neighborhood… Continue reading

Column: Southern Fried Christian Sharia

North Carolina state legislators introduced what was described as an anti-Sharia law bill this week. The concern was a religion would trump our laws””threaten our constitution. This religion, they fear, would dictate our rights and punish dissent. It would blur the lines between church and state! Women would be subjugated! This is such a threat… Continue reading

Column: #StandWithNancy

On Wednesday, the highest court in the nation decided the Clinton-era Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) was unconstitutional.  The same day, they sent California’s Proposition 8 back to the lower court. The result? A minority of Americans will now enjoy basic rights with a partner of their choosing without being unjustly double-taxed. Most Americans’ lives… Continue reading

Column: Freedom of Too Much Information

We are all celebrities now. Ever since we won Time Magazine’s Person of the Year in 2006, the same year we first found out about the National Security Administration spying on us, we’ve all become essentially public figures. It’s the new equality: We are all stars! “Private citizen” is now akin to “paid volunteer”””a contradiction…. Continue reading

Column: Apple Could Pay For Moore

Investigators say due to some creative Ireland-based tax gimmicks, Apple has managed to keep $75 billion away from the IRS’s reach just in the years 2009-2012. Even Senator John McCain conceded, “Apple claims to be the largest U.S. corporate taxpayer, but by sheer size and scale, it is also among America’s largest tax avoiders.” Apple… Continue reading