Blaming the unemployed
I once said that there is no dignity in taking help from the government. Admitting you need help requires a feeling of dignity at the beginning, just a little b...
Author: Kenneth Ballard
Advertising atheism
I have said this before: I am an atheist. I am an agnostic atheist. Approximately 5% of Americans are atheist or agnostic atheist. I am part of that minority. A...
Libricide and Free Speech
Ah the old art of burning books — the topic of movies and books, and the subject on more than one occasion of news articles that have caught public attent...
"Ground Zero Mosque"
There has been a lot of uproar recently regarding the proposed "Ground Zero mosque". I agree that there are plenty of questions that need to be answer...
Rest peacefully, grandpa
On September 1, 2006, four years ago this day, my grandfather passed away at the age of 72. He was one of the persons after whom I was named: Kenneth Lee Ballar...
Congressman Steve King
Congressman King, Let me say this in advance of everything else: I hope you lose in November, but I fear you might win re-election. The people of Iowa, and part...
"That’s obscene, and I’m offended!"
What do John Stagliano, Lizzy Borden, and Rob Zicari have in common? All three were prosecuted under Federal obscenity laws. Lizzy Borden and Rob Zicari were se...
Freedom of Conscience
On his show Tuesday night, Glenn Beck talked about a plan by the Obama administration to repeal the "Freedom of Conscience Act", which gives health ca...
Children of anonymous sperm donations
Men donate sperm for one of any number of reasons, and likely the top reason is simply money since sperm banks tend to pay their donors. A lot of the samples ar...
Tom & Jerry
Censorship with the vintage Tom and Jerry cartoons is a horse beaten so far beyond death that flies are buzzing around horse pulp instead of a carcass. As such,...