Patriot Report

Income Inequality, Evolution, Wealth, and the Sin of Abominable Greed?

It was an epiphany for me when I realized that God allows me to enjoy the fruits of my labor and the accumulation of wealth. But the caveat is that I must not succumb to the seduction of unrepentant greed and instead must take pleasure in helping deserving talent, and making reasonable and painless contributions to the functioning welfare of the unfortunate needy and the blameless poor among us. But I feel that too many of the rich and powerful in America relish income inequality. They want the divide between rich and poor to grows larger even at the expense... Read more →

Have Right Wing Conservative Republicans Mastered the Use of The Lie?

The Lie has a powerful hold on the human psyche. Right wing pundits and Conservative Republicans seem to prefer it to the truth. Only a child whose morality is not yet tainted by the human embrace of the lie and its fear of truth can say loud enough to be heard that the king wears no clothes. And many adults will repeatedly admonish that child to be quiet until the child understands that he or she is not entitled to tell the truth simply because he or she observes it and knows it. When GOP conservatives and right wing political... Read more →

Can Men and Women Trust Politicians Who Use Politics and Religion to Control Women?

Women who depend on men and on women who defer to men for their definition of self are not only not properly defined , they are also used and abused. This kind of deference to men has no value for women who want a world where they and their daughters can decide for themselves who they are, what they want to be, and what they do with their bodies. And if that means that more women need to become more assertive and less deferential to politicians and religious leaders to make that happen, then more women should become more assertive... Read more →