With the Senate passing the HCR bill, the next step is to bat down the lies that the GOP continues to throw at liberals.

What does a mid-midterm election mean for 2010 and 2012?

As my second year of teaching approaches, I’ve spent this whole summer reviewing my first year and my successes and failures.  I have thought about all the pedagogical triumphs and all the poor management decisions I made last year.  For better or for worse, I have a year under my belt.  I have cherished my first year in my chosen career and I look forward to the next 20 to 30 years of passion for my life as an educator.
Beyond the initial shock and awe of being a first year …

For my first “article” I would like to write a bit about the unfortunate effects of meat consumption. It’s definitely not a new topic and one that has been discussed and written about rigorously, but I feel it’s a topic worth losing my Utopia Politico virginity to. While people generally know that there are some problems associated with eating meat there is a general lack of knowledge as to how large the problems truly are. Public health, world hunger, and climate change are all issues that could improve if humans …

As the last few weeks have churned up new findings on water-boarding and its initiators, so very few have taken the time to actually analyze fallacies of it and the portrait it paints for the U.S. and the world.
On Friday, May 22, 2009, a conservative talk show host (self-proclaimed Libertarian) took the challenge and was water-boarded for 6 seconds.  Here’s the video:
The conclusion that Mr. Mancow comes to is one that the ENTIRE Republican party is/will be coming to:
“It is way worse than I thought it would be…I don’t want …

The length of time it takes for the blogosphere to react to a congressional session is now, mere minutes.
It has come to this contributor’s (also a high school history teacher) attention that some of our representatives need a history lesson.  Luckily, the lesson was provided by another media source, CNN.
The lack of insight should shame her into hiding. More than anything, though, she lacks the understanding of the power that bloggers hold and the scrutiny that they put our government under.  This is not the first time she has mistakenly …