The Veterans Cemetery in Houston is under fire for what one anti-separation of church & state group claims is religious discrimination. What’s actually happening is that the VA is, to these right-wingers’ disappointment, following the Constitution…plus Col Shaggy has his first on-air doughnut and comes up with some new traffic terms. Listen...
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Support Confederate flags for Texas plates? You’re in no position to object to Nazi symbols
There’s a proposal in Texas to issue license plates with Confederate flags on them. We talked about this insulting and morally bankrupt idea on the show today. Listen here. I’ve also got a post in the Chronicle on the issue. That’s...
Today’s show: Father’s Day edition
My dad joins as co-host for the entire hour to discuss the marriage equality/civil rights debate going on in NY, the religious conservatives who want to impose their theocratic view of government on everybody else and the way history will inevitably view them with the contempt they deserve. Listen...
How Rick Perry created all those jobs
In the Chronicle: When Rick Perry gets into the presidential race, the country will hear a lot about the jobs Texas created during his term. It’s indisputable — Texas has led the nation: Texas is setting the national pace with a gain of 253,900 jobs between January 2010 and January 2011, according to the [US Bureau of Labor Statistics]. California and ...
No need for Weiner to resign
From the Chron: Anthony Weiner admits he lied about private sexual conduct. Unlike Andrew Breitbart, the tweet wasn’t a hack. Weiner should have said from the start either (1) “Yeah, that’s me and I’ve got a computer full of ‘em,” or (2) “None of your damned business.” But he didn’t — he lied. And for that, he’s a massive jackass. But...
