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Posted: Monday, January 15th, 2007 @ 9:07 am in Community, Ethics, History, Morals | 7 Comments »
I am reposting a related article I first wrote here, that later appeared on www.clubmom.com.
America In Decline?
During a recent airing, talk show host Dennis Prager spoke to a man who apologized to his son for “giving a worse America to you than my father gave to me.”
A worse America? This wasn’t a new concept [...]
Posted: Friday, May 5th, 2006 @ 1:34 pm in Atheist, History, Religion, Social | 28 Comments »
I have been a neglectful AgnosticMom. It’s been hard for me to get to my computer for long this week. Worse than that, I told you to clear your calendar for May 4th and then I ditched you. Have you been wondering what May 4th was? Did you figure it out? [...]
Posted: Thursday, March 9th, 2006 @ 4:39 pm in Books, Children, Education, History, Parenting, Science | 9 Comments »
When we stopped going to church, libraries and bookstores became a favorite destination for our family. We go a lot, and I love that my children consider a visit to a repository of books a desirable adventure.
This time an appearance from Strawberry Shortcake called us to a locally owned bookstore we’d never [...]
Posted: Monday, February 20th, 2006 @ 12:50 pm in Education, Evolution, History, Intelligent Design, Religion, Science | 43 Comments »
Earlier we had a discussion about how Intelligent Design theory is not science, but philosophy. The Id’ers, including Philip Johnson, want to change the definition of science in order to force their religious beliefs into the scientific picture. I made the claim that the U.S. is in crisis regarding science. Ben asked [...]
Posted: Wednesday, January 25th, 2006 @ 10:21 pm in Family, Fundamentalism, History, Parenting, Religion | 8 Comments »
Linda Rogers is a pleasant-looking woman. Linda Rogers is sixty-five, single, and divorced. Linda Rogers is coming to a conference center near you in order to convince women in your town to return to Victorian-style spousal submission.
According to an article in the Spiritual Life section of my local paper, The East [...]
Posted: Monday, January 16th, 2006 @ 4:05 pm in Civil Rights, Community, Ethics, Family, History, Morals, Rants, Social, Talk Radio | 3 Comments »
I was raised by talk radio. As a child, coming home at night from various events, there was a certain time in the evening when my parents changed the radio station from music to talk. It was always right when my eyes were growing heavy. I got very used to the lullabye [...]
Posted: Sunday, January 15th, 2006 @ 6:38 pm in Books, Children, Civil Rights, Education, History, Holidays, Morals, Parenting | 4 Comments »
Have you planned for a discussion with your kids for Civil Rights Day? If you have elementary age children, I have a couple books to recommend while you still have time to run to your local bookstore.
My Brother Martin: A Sister Remembers Growing Up With the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
I chose [...]