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The Georgia Senate is controlled by bigots in the pocket of the NRA

By Matthew Dicks | March 10, 2018 |

In the last two weeks, the Georgia Senate has made two unfortunate decisions: Last week, they approved a bill eliminating a tax break for Delta Air Lines after Delta eliminated its discount program for NRA members. Delta offered discounts to NRA members flying to their annual meeting. In 2017, this discount was utilized by a…

Religious folk shouldn’t be filled with so much hate

By Matthew Dicks | August 14, 2017 |

A waitress with a pro-LGBTQ tattoo received this note from a customer. I realize I am a reluctant atheist, but in my lifetime, I have read the Bible from cover to cover three times (which is more than many ardently religious people), so I am familiar with the teachings of Jesus. And yes, while it…

Shameful Betsy DeVos can’t say what most human beings can say with ease

By Matthew Dicks | June 19, 2017 |

Here is the Secretary of Education for the United States of America, the caretaker of our public schools, the protector of our children’s future, and also a person who has never taught in a school, never worked in a public school, and never sent her children to a public school, trying her hardest to avoid…