American Politics from a Progressive Perspective
Leader of Reform Judaism blasts the Religious Right
Here’s what he says:
Rabbi Eric Yoffie, president of the liberal Union for Reform Judaism, said “religious right” leaders believe “unless you attend my church, accept my God and study my sacred text you cannot be a moral person.”“What could be more bigoted than to claim that you have a monopoly on God?” he said during [...]
Cut from the poor, give to the rich
Robin Hood it ain’t. After narrowly voting to decrease funding to important social programs for the neediest Americans, the US House of Representatives is set to consider tax cuts for the wealthy. Hear the NPR story here.
Conservatives against “Intelligent (sic) Design”
Charles Krauthammer comes out against ID:
Let’s be clear. Intelligent design may be interesting as theology, but as science it is a fraud. It is a self-enclosed, tautological “theory” whose only holding is that when there are gaps in some area of scientific knowledge — in this case, evolution — they are to be filled by [...]
US tradition of torture
Read how the CIA developed its torture methods.
Liars and Hypocrites
Contrary to earlier statements, US forces are using white phosphorus in Iraq; that makes the administration either incompetent or a liar.Supposedly we went to Iraq to make the world safer by ferreting out weapons of mass destruction– including chemical weapons– that Hussein would have used on his enemies or on his own people. Now here [...]
