Published: The Good Men Project (December 26, 2015)
I’ve lived in Pennsylvania for 18 years and, despite the state’s frosty winter reputation, this is the first time I’ve ever witnessed a snowless December.
My personal observations aside, this has been a big month for global warming. On December 12, nearly two hundred countries signed an agreement in Paris that will help bring global warming under control.... Read Original Article
Published: Salon (December 24, 2015), The Good Men Project (December 22, 2015)
A brief but telling statement about Donald Trump’s early years, courtesy of a former high school classmate:
“He didn’t mingle with the rest of the corps who were not as high ranked. He lived in a different set of barracks.”... Read Original Article
Published: The Daily Dot (December 22, 2015)
Forget about the terrorists. At his rate it seems like we’re determined through our own fear to allow the terrorists to win.
Allow me to explain.
Let’s start with the rash of school closings that have occurred over terrorist threats. The first (and without question most patently absurd) was the “clock boy” incident from earlier this year, when a 14-year-old Muslim boy in Texas was suspended and held by police for building an elaborate clock that one teacher believed was a bomb.... Read Original Article
Published: MSNBC (December 20, 2015)
Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders and Martin O’Malley were unified on one topic during the last Democratic presidential debate of the year Saturday night: The toxicity of Donald Trump’s proposed temporary ban on Muslims entering the United States. Each candidate seized on the opportunity to decry racial and religious bigotry — and encouraged the rest of America to follow their example.... Read Original Article
Published: The Good Men Project (December 15, 2015)
During a Donald Trump rally in Las Vegas earlier today, a Trump supporter shouted “Sieg heil!” as a black protester was physically ejected from a room where the candidate was speaking. Unsurprisingly, this incident has taken social media by storm, if for no other reason than it reinforces the widespread belief that Trump is a latter-day Nazi.... Read Original Article
Published: The Daily Dot (December 14, 2015)
As the candidates prepare for the eighth Republican presidential debate in Las Vegas on Tuesday night, there are a few things we know for sure.
As usual, there will be two debates – an undercard debate at 6 p.m. featuring candidates who currently aren’t polling well (former Arkansas Gov.... Read Original Article