PETA, the lovable People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, is urging people to stop using common phrases such as “bring home the bacon,” “kill two birds with one stone,” and “take the bull by the horns,” comparing them to racist, homophobic, and ableist terms. In a Twitter statement, PETA […]
Drivers in Prince Edward Island, Canada who choose to ignore school bus lights and illegally pass buses will face a three-month driver’s license suspension, a $5,000 fine, and 12 demerit points on their driving record starting December 8. Once the law takes effect, drivers with suspended licenses must “meet with […]
The Ohio House has passed a bill which would make abortions after 6 weeks gestation punishable by fine and imprisonment and is considering another that could put violators at risk of capital punishment if passed. The so-called heartbeat bill, which passed the House 60-35 and is headed to the Senate, […]
“Teach your children well” is not just a lyric from Crosby, Stills, & Nash’s hit song “Teach Your Children.” It’s also a motto parents should abide by, particularly when it comes to teaching their children to be kind, tolerant, emathetic citizens and human beings. Apparently, however, it’s also a memo […]
Christopher Cantwell, AKA The Crying Nazi, is back in the news with a video game he created. Because it wasn’t enough for him to be a white supremacist, he also designed a game that has players kill LGBTQ people in a nightclub. The armed players break into the “LGBTQ+ Agenda […]
By Heather Jones of hmjoneswriter.com My grandfather didn’t like to talk about the war. In fact, I’m not sure I recall a single conversation with him about it. I knew all about his participation, though. My dad made sure of that. I knew he had lied about his age to […]
I don’t know about you guys, but I’ve got one foot in the black hole where the internet and all of its ugliness ceases to exist. Between keyboard warriors spewing their judgment after reading only the headlines of articles, sancti-parents telling all the other parents how they’re doing it wrong, […]
Halloween always brings out the best in people. If by “best,” I mean “worst.” There’s the blackface. There’s the exploitation of culturally sacred Native American headdresses. And then there’s the group of Idaho teachers who decided it would be a great idea to dress up as a border wall and […]