Tattoo Remorse

Former Heavyweight Champion Mike Tyson, pictured.

“Just a year ago, Ms. Brannigan, 24, who holds up Case No. 24 as one of the models on the NBC game show “Deal or No Deal,” had been full of hope when she and her fiancé had each other’s names tattooed across their inner wrists.

“But now, when [...]

Quote of the Day: Mike Huckabee

“One of the frustrations is that there is more attention on Britney Spears getting out of a car without underwear than there is about who is going to be the next president.” - Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee

Chavez, Glover Team Up For Movie On Toussaint L’Ouverture

“Venezuela is to give the American actor Danny Glover almost $18m (£9m) to make a film about a slave uprising in Haiti, with President Hugo Chávez hoping the historical epic will sprinkle Hollywood stardust on his effort to mobilise world public opinion against imperialism and western oppression.

“The Venezuelan congress said it would use the proceeds [...]

What Should Schools Teach Kids About Religion?

Religion and religious movements are inseparable from the history of the United States. Yet the Constitution forbids the mixing of church and state. How can schools teach history more accurately without favoring one religion over another? See one important example, below.

“In his social and political study of the United States, Democracy In America, Alexis de [...]

Poetry of The Day: "Allstar" by Devaun

because there is only onewomannecessary for my team, that meet all of my needsbecause she exceeds all the other free agents by fari’ve got all the talent i could ever handle, in a one-lady franchise because sheis an allstarshe makes everything else in the night sky look dim you can’t step to her with no [...]

Gun Culture: A Day of Death In America

Hat tip: Abu Sahara
In this article from the UK Guardian (a good news source), Gary Younge takes a look at a day in the life of America’s gun culture.

“A two-year-old shoots himself with a gun he finds behind the sofa, a shopper is killed by a security guard, one brother fires on another - so [...]

Gay Men and the Father-Son Relationship

“Recent political pressure has resulted in a denial of the importance of the factor most strongly implicated by decades of previous clinical research–developmental factors, particularly the influence of parents. A review of the literature on male homosexuality reveals extensive reference to the prehomosexual boy’s relational problems with both parents (West 1959, Socarides 1978, Evans 1969); [...]