Quote of the Day: Jesus - An Essene?

“After my departure there will arise the ignorant and the crafty, and many things will they ascribe unto Me that I never spake, and many things which I did speak will they withhold, but the day will come when the clouds shall be rolled away, and the Sun of Righteousness shall shine forth with healing [...]

How Brainwashing Works

“Americans believe these lies not because they are stupid, but because they are good media consumers. Our media have become an echo chamber for those in power. Rather than challenge the fraudulent claims of the Bush administration, we’ve had a media acting as a conveyor belt for the government’s lies.” - Amy Goodman

As if the [...]

Family or Football: Eagles’ Reid has hard choice ahead

Philadelphia Eagles head coach Andy Reid’s two sons are addicted to drugs and headed to prison. Many people think the coach should step down and tend to his family. Others do not.
“With two sons locked in a drug-induced spiral, and a judge having labeled his home a “drug emporium,” Andy Reid faces what [...]

What Is An Orphan?

From the New York Times . . .
IN 1890, King Leopold II of Belgium wrote to one of his colonial officials and asked him to set up orphanages in the vast African territory he ruled as his personal fief, the Congo.
The only problem with his plan was that there were no orphans. The concept [...]

African Americans Dominate Sub-Prime Loans

“Black Atlantans of all income groups were much more likely than whites to take out high-interest “subprime” mortgages when buying a home, making them more vulnerable in the ongoing mortgage meltdown.
Nearly half of blacks who bought a house in 2005 or 2006 ended up with a high-interest mortgage, compared with 13 percent of white home [...]