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Radio UpNorth Traditional Muslims who understand the Qur’an and the hadith believe that Sharia (Islamic law) expresses the highest and best goals for all societies. It is the will of Allah. Some of the legalized rules of jihad found in the Qur’an, hadith, and classical legal opinions include the view that women and children are [...]

Sotomayor’s statement was, “I would hope that a wise latina woman with the richness of her experience would more often than not reach a better conclusion than a white man who hasn’t lived that life”. “I would hope…”???? Sotomayer determined a school had discriminated against a black boy who was transferred back to kindergarten because of [...]

The Republican right-wing’s campaign of resistance settled into a predictable pattern almost immediately after the announcement of Obama’s nomination of Sotomayor to the Supreme Court.  While those voicing opposition to Judge Sotomayor claimed to be surprised and disappointed that Obama chose such a ‘controversial’ nominee, the truth is they’ve been suiting up for weeks to [...]

I have never understood and never will understand the need for one group of people to control or even to give a damn about  what another group of people does when the one groups actions have no effect whatsoever on the other.  It addles the mind!! Such is the situation with gay marriage.  Even if I [...]

Listen up Bob, I was in one of your stores today and was accosted by one of your employees whose heart was not really in her job which was to try and get me to sign up for a “Rewards Card” that would apparently give me access to special deals or savings or some such [...]

Tough times require tough leaders. Tough adversaries require tough leaders. The state of health care in the U.S. has aspects of both of the preceding statements, tough times 47 million and rising uninsured, tough adversaries embodied by the fat cat administrators of the health insurance companies and their for profit system that amounts to denial [...]

I got this email today, says it is from the president, Mr. Barack Obama… The President called me Daniel, I only remember being called Daniel when I was in trouble for something… The President must be pissed at me, and well he should be because I cannot support what he is asking me to support.  [...]

I found a very interesting quote by the eminent psychologist Dr. Carl Jung that puts torture into perspective and perhaps gives us a glimpse into the mind of Dick Cheney?  I actually had a brief rush of pity for the guy thinking about it. “The healthy man does not torture others – generally it is [...]

Bart Ehrman, a professor of religious studies at  The University of North Carolina Chapel hill, has written a book entitled “Jesus Interrupted”.  This man sounds incredibly interesting.  He is a former fundamentalist who now debunks the Bible.  I would love to be in a discussion group centered on one of his books.  He raises important questions [...]

Cheney is out banging the drum because he is an active participant again in Halliburton now headquartered in Saudi Arabia. He is looking for hero worship and sainthood with that company by raising the price of it’s stock from the slightly lower level it has fallen to. A side benefit is that he is also getting [...]