Mike Tidmus

The ongoing saga of the Utah-based Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints’ attempts to, first, eliminate marriage equality in California and, then, hide the money trail took a sharp turn into bright sunshine Friday night, when it was revealed the church, which had previously claimed it spent no more than a couple of thousand bucks [...]

$400,000 a year is $400,000 a year too much! (Photo: CounterPunch) And Senator Claire McCaskill of Missouri isn’t alone. On Friday, the Democratic Senator took to the floor to give the Wall Street robber barons a piece of her mind: From The Huffington Post: “I’ve been mad for a while,” said the Missouri Democrat. “When we passed the [...]

Sir David Attenborough presents Charles Darwin and the Tree of Life, a BBC special (Video: NatureVideoChannel via YouTube) RichardDawkins.net points to the video above, in which legendary British television presenter and naturalist Sir David Attenborough explains how the Bible has placed the planet in peril. Readers might recall that Attenborough has been receiving threats and hate mail from angry [...]