Ron Paul and the Federal courts
I’m surprised that the Republican establishment isn’t more in favor of Ron Paul. He is delivering on a part of the Republican platform that I’...
Author: Kenneth Ballard
Dear Mom and Dad
Dear Mom and Dad, I know you are disappointed that I am an atheist. But you do remember that you never actually exposed me to any religion. In fact you made it ...
Public schools and the Ten Commandments
The time has come for another revisit on the First Amendment and public schools, namely the protections of the First Amendment regarding religious freedom. Name...
Trading one religion for another
While it is uplifting to read of more and more teenagers "seeing the light" and leaving Christianity or whatever religion held their mind captive, wha...
Religiously-motivated bullying–with the approval of the State
Recently the Senate for the State of Michigan approved a bill that has been receiving a lot of press and was touted by Sen. Gretchen Whitmer (D) as a "Repu...
Revisiting the Constitution and non-citizens
The time has come to once again take on this little nugget: The Constitution applies only to AMERICAN CITIZENS! Recently I got into an online discussion with a ...
Declaring my allegiance
One sentiment that pisses me off to no end, and reached a head yesterday afternoon, can be summarized as this: If you aren’t willing to recite the pledge ...
Love it or leave it
It seems according to some conservatives that if you don’t like the pledge of allegiance, then in actuality you don’t like the United States and are...
God *is* allowed in public schools
If you’re on Facebook, chances are you’ve seen someone post this to their wall: A dog had followed his owner to school. His owner was a fourth grade...
Get married, live longer?
Being someone who is not married – though I’ve been engaged for six years! – I see online a lot of articles discussing marriage. And there’s a good ...