I just noted two stories about the Pope this morning – one atmospheric, celebrating his 77th birthday with homeless men from Rome, the second more significant about the future direction of the Church, removing from a key committee a particularly outspoken foe of abortion and same-sex marriage who is a favorite of right-wing Catholics in the USA.
A new poll shows that that South Carolina sheriff who refused to lower the flag to half-staff to honor the passing of Nelson Mandela wasn’t alone: 45% of Republicans also opposed the gesture.
Ed Kilgore: Can the Right unite to block another “electable moderate” in 2016?
Not even a black Confederate activist could stop Nathan Bedford Forrest High School in Florida from changing its name to something less KKK-ish.
Pope Francis cans American Cardinal who is outspoken foe of abortion and same sex marriage. Cardinal Raymond L. Burke is also the guy who very publicly said at the height of the 2004 election cycle that John Kerry should not be given or receive the Eucharist and last week gave an interview critical of Pope Francis changes in the church.
O’Reilly: “Megyn Kelly is Correct: Santa was a white person.” Watch.
Just not the kind, I think, the climate deniers wanted. Top EPA climate scientist expert (at least highest paid) sentenced for skipping work and telling bosses he was working on an uber-secret mission for the CIA.
Federal judge in DC finds the NSA’s bulk collection of telephony data is likely a violation of the 4th Amendment ban on unreasonable search and seizure. Read the opinion here.
Don’t kid yourself, argues Robin Marty at TPM Cafe, Michigan’s “rape rider” is just a stopover on the way to eliminating rape exceptions for abortion under the Hyde Amendment.