Fact and Fantasy, Demigods and Myths
Fact and Fantasy, Demigods and Myths by Bob Topper 1248 words Published in: Counterpunch, Augusta Free Press, LA Progressive, Dates:...
Fact and Fantasy, Demigods and Myths by Bob Topper 1248 words Published in: Counterpunch, Augusta Free Press, LA Progressive, Dates:...
Religion’s Dark Side by Bob Topper 1137 words On March 16, 2021, a man shot eight women to death in Acworth, Georgia,...
America needs an opposition party. Ideas must be tested, debated, and deliberated. We need an opposition like the Grand Old Party of Everett Dirksen, William F. Buckley, and Barry Goldwater, a party with constructive ideas.
Sixty-two percent of Republicans believe that America should be declared a Christian country, even though they also understand such a declaration would be unconstitutional.
As keynote speaker at Notre Dame’s Religious Liberty Summit conference in Rome last July, Supreme Court Justice Alito, said that “religious liberty is under attack.”
A good friend who heads a leading law firm once explained that when a lawyer’s case is weak, he argues precedent. He relies on historical findings in similar cases to razzle-dazzle the judge and jury. But when a lawyer is in command of his case, understands how and why his position is fair and just, he doesn’t sway the court with arcane case law.
Within the next few months the Supreme Court will decide on Mississippi’s challenge to Roe V. Wade. No Court in the past 50 years would have taken this case, but the present conservative Court, bolstered by a string of unethical Senate ...
The idea that America is a Christian Nation is a modern myth. The founding documents do not mention Christ or scripture. While the word “God” appears in the opening of the Declaration of Independence, it refers to “Nature’s God,” the god of Deism...
In my college days I was a conservative republican. I voted for Barry Goldwater, and Ronald Reagan. But I gave up on the party during the presidential election of 2008...
"On October 7, 2020, Republican Senator Mike Lee of Utah tweeted, “Democracy isn’t the objective..."
“I had always been proud to be an American. During my career, I spent a lot of time working in...
“If you believe in the separation of church and state, then you probably think that evangelicals exert far too much...