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Michele Bachmann for President? Don't Get Fooled Again

While it was refreshing to see a majority of Americans finally wake up to the fact that Sarah Palin is unelectable for President, the vacuum didn't last very long. No sooner did Palin (at last) fall...

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Dear Media: Stop Feeding President Trump's Ego

The two prevailing theories about Donald Trump's presidential bid are a) he's serious, or b) it's a publicity stunt to drive up the ratings of his reality show. Whichever theory is correct, or even...

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Sarah Palin Rips Katie Couric For Acting Like Sarah Palin

It's generally known that right-wing pundits are overgrown children who operate by a few very simple rules of engagement: 1) In exchange for a nice paycheck, say a lot of wild, inaccurate, stupid...

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No Sympathy for the Wicked: Glenn Beck Had It Coming

Glenn Beck said on his radio show Tuesday that while attending a Alfred Hitchcock movie the previous night in New York City's Bryant Park, he and his family were repeatedly subjected to verbal abuse...

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Selfishness, not religion, is keeping contraception debate alive

As a non-religious believer, my views on contraception are nonetheless similar to the majority of Americans, including Catholics. I believe contraception prevents unwanted pregnancies, and thus...

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What Kirk Cameron doesn't get about his anti-gay marriage remarks

Kirk Cameron is just flabbergasted. He just doesn't understand how anyone can see him as hateful. After apparently thinking a statement like "gay people will destroy civilization," can be taken the...

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Why Can't Conservatives Just Say Rush Limbaugh Was Wrong?

As is well known by now, conservative commentators would sooner gnaw their own arms off than admit they are ever wrong about anything, even when they're cornered by the bald facts. Always the victims,...

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After four years of moderation, conservatives still insist Obama is a radical

In the wake of Andrew Breitbart's untimely passing, Breitbart.com Editor-In-Chief Joel Pollak recently took up Breitbart's mantle and released what would have been his latest "bombshell" video,...

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Rick Santorum's Bizarre Retro-Culture War Campaign

Rick Santorum first came to my attention in the early 2000s when he blamed the Catholic Church pedophile scandal on liberalism. According to Rick, secular liberalism -- and all the sexual...

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The GOP's stupid response to Trayvon Martin

"It doesn't matter what he looks like."That's the broken-record response of several prominent conservatives to President Obama's statement about Trayvon Martin, the unarmed black teen-ager who was...

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The "God-given Rights" Fallacy: Where Rights Really Come From

You may have noticed that conservatives are always defining what rights you're supposed to have. They scorn the idea that you have a right to health care, a right to a comfortable retirement after a...

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With Cathy Samford case, conservatives continue to uphold "right to idiocy"

A right-wing acquaintance of mine once defined conservatism thus: "The right to be as big an idiot as you want as long as you're not...

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The Real "Real" Record on Gun Control

By Aaron Epple With gun control being hotly debated perhaps more so now than at any time since Columbine, several...

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"Facebook envy" is the dumbest thing I've ever heard

By Aaron Epple A recent survey of German university students revealed that many Facebook users are feeling isolated and depressed these days. Viewing the enthusiastic posts...

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Ted Nugent's response to SOTU is surprisingly thoughtful but still dead wrong

By Aaron Epple When a Republican Congressman invited Ted Nugent to sit in the visitor's gallery at President Obama's State of the Union address last night, there were a lot of "WTF&quot...

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O'Reilly's Comments about NBC Drone Coverage Weren't Wrong, Just "Hypocritical"

By Aaron EppleYou've undoubtedly heard by now that Bill O'Reilly took some heat for incorrectly stating that NBC has "never mentioned" President Obama's drone program because NBC was "in bed...

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Bob Beckel rape gaffe is appalling but misses the point

By Aaron Epple I've long suspected that Fox News hired Bob Beckel as a panelist solely to make liberals look bad. Imagine if MSNBC hired the Westboro Baptist Church to be the token...

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For God's Sake (no pun intended), Lay Off Tim Tebow

Tim Tebow can't seem to catch a break. The (unintentionally) controversial quarterback canceled a recent appearance at Dallas's First Baptist Church after its...

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When Your Fellow Atheists Don't Speak For You

By Aaron EppleIf you're a tolerant, mind-your-own-business unbeliever like me, then you've probably often found your self-appointed public spokesmen to be insufferable.Last week, David Silverman,...

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The "Autopsy Report:" Republicans Don't Understand Their Own Findings

By Aaron Epple When Republicans blamed everybody -- not least the stupidity of the American voter -- but themselves for their 2012 election losses, I was disheartened but not especially...

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