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I’m not surprised that the Army’s full of opinionated, religious men in high positions. What surprises me is that an Army officer would resign his commission to prove such a trivial a point. While I agree with him and think that there’s definite bias against atheists & agnostics in the senior leadership roles, the occasion that brought about this discussion was not a big deal. Some Army general said that.. Read More

By now, most people have heard about the radio talk show host who got himself in trouble for using some racially-charged words to describe a woman’s basketball team.  I’ll avoid using his name — I don’t think he deserves any more press. As i watched some of the coverage on this morning’s news shows, the discussion focused on the double standard of why blacks* can use the “n-word”, while whites.. Read More