OK, Jay, for starters, I did like this Bill Maher film more than I liked Mel Gibson’s “The Passion of the Christ”. I saw it last night at a pre-opening screening sponsored by the Washington Area Secular Humanists and the American Humanist Association. I am a huge film fan.I really try to approach every cinema…

The asylum decision that you just achieved is admirable.  Willfully sending people back to their country of origin if there is credible evidence that persecution will occur there is an affront to international legal principles and virtually any standard of morality. I would take it one step further, however.  The United States’ own record in…

I’m glad that you appear to agree with me that there is no obvious basis for believing the Supreme Court would surely rule the current “no partisan politicking” rule unconstitutional.  Of course, I don’t want to see a “fix” of this non-existent problem by Congress either. I just wanted to respond to one point you…

Barry, I am sympathetic with the frustration felt by many pastors who try to fully articulate their religious worldviews during the election season while having to censor themselves due to the IRS gag rule. As I have stated before, I believe that the best way to restore unfettered freedom of speech for pastors is to…

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