GOP Must Choose: Ayn Rand or Jesus
May 27, 2011By: Eric Sapp I recently wrote on why Democrats and progressives need to take some time studying Ayn Rand to fully understand the political significance of all the GOP leaders lining up to praise her. The GOP has a huge problem if their conservative religious base finds out what Rand really believed and how influential [...]
Ayn Rand vs. Jesus
May 27, 2011In an attempt to hold together the disparate constituencies of social conservative Christians and libertarian Tea Partiers, Paul Ryan and other Republican leaders have attempted to create an unholy trinity of Ayn Rand, Jesus Christ, and the GOP. But, as the classic children’s song goes, “One of these things is not like the other. One of these things does not belong.” Nothing about the philosophy of Ayn Rand and the teaching of Jesus Christ is like the other. So the GOP must decide – who doesn’t belong?
Our Veterans Deserve Better
May 15, 2011A group of veterans have filed suite against the VA after a string of abuses around land given to house vets. In a stunning act of callousness, the VA is locking homeless veterans out of property in LA and leasing it to private businesses. Today, the streets of Los Angeles are home to almost 10% [...]
One Percent
May 13, 2011Rep. Connie Mack is pushing to cut funding to help the world’s poorest communities build stability and combat the effects of changing climates. In doing so he’s put himself against the Department of Defense, CIA, State Department, Center for Naval Intelligence, the National Association of Evangelicals, Catholic Church, National Council of Churches, and Southern Baptist [...]
Returning to 9/12: An Open Letter to President Obama
May 2, 2011When I think of all that has happened in the world in the nearly ten years that have passed, it is not the morning the towers fell that I return to, but the day after. It is 9/12 that I long for with the aching question of “what if?” As I remember, I am filled with the yearning that you stand up and ask of us now what was not asked of us then.
