No atheists in foxholes? Think again

Here's an interesting article about a recent event at a US military base:

"We're sending a message," said Justin Griffith, an Army sergeant stationed at Fort Bragg who spearheaded the event. "Foxhole atheists are out there fighting for your rights. Please return the favor."

Bankers vs. America

Remember the old films and cartoons of the banker tying the widow to the railroad tracks so he could foreclose on her property? A century later and they're still at it. It's inexcusable that none of the Wall Street executives and brokers that created the financial crisis which has hurt so many people are not in jail. Yet another example of the differences between what is ethical and what is legal.

Santorum Needs a Pornography History Lesson

In 1969, Richard Nixon appointed the founder of Citizens for Decent Literature (CDL) to his Presidential Commission on Obscenity and Pornography. After two years of interviews and empirical studies,the Commission determined that a majority of imprisoned sex offenders (rapists, child molesters, exhibitionists, etc.) came from homes with "strict, religious beliefs" rather than permissive, open families as Nixon and the CDL had claimed.