1922-2010

The People’s historian has passed on. Humanist Howard Zinn has died at 87, while swimming in California. Zinn changed our Historical conscience by giving us one.

Howard Zinn Dead At 87

Howard ZInn Historian Who Challenged Status Quo Dead at 87

Noam Chomsky, Naomi Klein, and Alice Walker remember Howard Zinn

J.D. Salinger Dead at 91

J.D. Salinger Dead at 91

GUILTY!

Scott Roeder Convicted of Murdering George Tiller

CBS Superbowl Ad Controversy

Abortionists Yes! Gays a No Go!

Fundamentalists to Play Anti-Abortion Ad During Super Bowl

CBS Rejects Gay-Dating Site Superbowl Ad

Several years ago the United Church of Christ unsuccessfully attempted to feature a Superbowl advertisement for their churches, illustrating their church’s welcoming of homosexual congregants. Since that time, CBS has stated their policy to not show issue ads. Enter 2010, Superbowl XLIV. James Dobson’s Focus on the Family has recruited Gators’ Quarterback Tim Tebow to star in an anti-abortion spot. Though breaking its CBS has decidedly stayed true to its tradition of no-gay friendly ads. CBS cites insecurity of the credit-line of successful Canadian gay-dating firm “Mancrunch”, in their decision to reject a proposed ad. The ad (seen below), features two fans, finding love over the game and popcorn. For a touchy subject such as abortion, why prevent the advertisement of gay-love… If there was one group of people who are least likely to get an abortion, it is most definitely gay men. But, if gays don’t go over well in football; at least they will still have their skin tight pants, their communal showers, and grab ass.

Haggard No Longer Gay

According to a new book by Gayle Haggard, her husband Ted, was cured of homosexuality through therapy. Now isn’t that fabulous?

Apple Unveils iPad

LANGUAGE ARTs

Virginia County School Board Pulls Diary of Anne Frank over vagina passage

Anne Frank Diary Banned By School District

Dictionary Banned over “oral sex”

Voice of Scientology wants his money back

Larry Anderson, the “voice of Scientology,” upon resignation from the Church of Scientology has asked for his money back; $120,000 to be precise. Scientology spokesman Tommy Davis has said that reimbursement is mute, due to Anderson’s lack of following procedure. In the 1996 Scientology-recruitment video, Anderson announced, ”If you leave this room after seeing this film and walk out and never mention Scientology again, you are perfectly free to do so. It would be stupid. But you can do it. You can also dive off a bridge or blow your brains out. That is your choice.”

Separation of Church & State

Zandari Slaughters Goats to Ward off Evil Spirits

US Grants Home-Schooling German Family Politcal Assylum

Youth Pastor Elected to NV Sex Ed Committee

AZ Bill Fires Up Church State Fight

Judge: Prayer Before NC Meeting: Unconstitutional

OHIO Judge Has No Right to Promote Religion in Court Room

German Homeschoolers Granted Political Assylum

Forsyth County Must Stop Sectarian Prayer At Public Meetings

Panel To Favor Partial Veil-Ban in France

117 In Hospital After Drinking Holy Water

Space & Science News

Would Space Aliens Need Redemption?

How Eating Grass-Fed Beef Could fight Climate Change

Channeling your inner Alien? Maybe, Scientists Say

NASA Accepts Mars-Rover Stuck for Good

Lead may be the culprit in ADHD

Whiff of Mystery in Planetary Science

Venus Flytrap for Nuclear Waste

Can men be trusted to take Contraceptive Pill?

New Compound Could Be Alternative Strategy to HIV Prevention

Light Extinguishes Dark-Matter Claims

Water-Vapor Could be Behind Global Warming Slow-Down

Monarch Butterflies reveal in a novel way how animals sense earth’s magnetic field

Dinosaur Had Ginger Colored Feathers

Plans for Alien-Contact Found Wanting

Italy May Dig up Da Vinci

Gates Foundation Pledges $10B for Vaccines

John Paul II: Self-Flagellator

What is your papal-safeword?

Pope John Paul II has been outed as a self-flagellator this week in a new biography. The previous pontiff engaged in the Opus-Dei practice of self-flegellation to feel closer to Christ.

STATE OF THE UNION

State of the Union Transcript

Obama-Alito Tensions Surface at State of the Union

OBAMA scolds SCOTUS

Pentagon Plan on DADT ready for Congress

HUMANIST CHARITIES

Haiti’s Developments: 16-days-later

Tax Court Allows Deduction for Sex-Change

Potential evolutionary role for same-sex attraction

Ancient Tribe goes extinct as last member dies

Water Movements Can Shape Fish-Evolution

Faith, Hope and Charity: Why President Obama’s Faith-Based Agenda Must Change

Obama Calls for civility at Prayer Breakfast

Comedian John Stewart Bashes Fox on O’Reilly

Quantum Mechanics @ Work in Photosynthesis

Spherical Cows dump Metabolism Law

Open-Source Science to take on neglected disease

Google to Enlist NSA to ward of Cyber-Attacks

Congressional Hearing reveals US intelligence agencies shielded flight 253 Bomber

White House Prepares for Possibility of Two Supreme Court Vacancies

AU Joins Coalition of Orgs asking Obama to Reform Faith-Based Initiatives

Geert Wilder’s Trial

Gates: Don’t Rush to lift ban on gays in the military

6.0 Quake Hits Northern California

Tim Tebow Superbowl Ad may be based on Falsehood

One in Eight Americans needs Emergency Food Assistance

Sweat Lodge Guru Pleads not-guilty to man-slaughter

John Stewart vs. Bill O’Reilly

Mexican Drug Cartels Go Into the Rehab Business

Motivational Speaker Charged in Sweat-lodge Deaths