has having a black president made things better for blacks and other minorities?

the answer to this headline is a mixed bag. if one looks at statistics, the unemployment rate for african-americans in the u.s. are at levels not seen since the great depression. we will examine this question from time-to-time over the course of the next 12 months leading up to the u.s. presidential election. so we dare to ask, now that gringo guilt is over are things better or worse for minorities in the u.s.?

atheists want to have their cake and eat it too

why is it that atheists and agnostics want to have their cake and eat it too? religious tolerance is important. but in this article, you have a situation whereby a family pulled their child from religion courses earlier in the year because the family doesn’t believe in god or doesn’t believe in religion or something like that. but now that christmas has come along, the parents wants their kid to celebrate christmas. the mother is quoted in the daily mail as saying: “i’ve helped out at the christmas party before and it’s got absolutely nothing to do with jesus.” tell that to mike huckabee.

twas the night before a politically correct christmas

here’s a great opionion piece about how times have changed in the u.s.