As first noted by Jason Tolbert, Rep. Andy Mayberry (R-27) plans to propose a law, the “Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Act,” which would ban all abortions after 20 weeks’ gestation based on certain scientific studies suggesting that this is…
Tag: Fundamentalist Nonsense
Two Final Thoughts On The Family Council's Argument
1. If we believe the (flawed, inapplicable) Alabama Policy Institute study cited by David Cox, it seems clear that children in single-parent households do markedly worse by API’s measures than do children in home with cohabitating couples. That being the…
Dr. Strangebigot (Or, "How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Loathe The Family Council")
I’m not sure how much overlap there is between the readers of this blog and the readers of Progressive Arkansas, so it’s entirely possible that you missed my recent point-counterpoint with David Cox of the Family Council regarding adoption and…
GOP: And So It Begins…
All aboard the Crazy Train! Next stop: ScienceFailAdelphia! Fresh off a dramatic victory in which it retook the House leadership, the Republican Party intends to hold major hearings probing the supposed “scientific fraud” behind global climate change. [***] Holding hearings…
AR-Sec. State: Martin Does His Best Gordon Gekko Impression
A week ago, Secretary of State candidate Pat O’Brien released a statement pointing out that “for just the year 2009[,] [Representative Mark] Martin had charged taxpayers $56,290.00 for reimbursements in addition to his legislative salary.” O’Brien further “charged that Rep.…
AR-Sec. State: Irony
Well this is rather bizarre. That’s a screenshot from Mark Martin’s website, and the underlined text reads: He currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Arkansas Science Technology Engineering & Mathematics (STEM) Coalition. Yep, the guy who crafted…
AR-Sen: Battle Of (Nit-)Wits
Max has Blanche Lincoln and John Boozman’s not-at-all-asinine opinions on the Ground Zero Lower Manhattan Mosque Islamic Cultural Center: Lincoln: Out of respect for the families who lost loved ones in our nation’s worst terrorist attack, if I were making…
AR-Sen: Boozman As Sisyphus
Still pushing that rock up the hill, John Boozman writes: Instead of making hard decisions to change this course, President Obama and his allies in Congress, including Senator Lincoln, have vowed to throw money at every problem they encounter —…
AR Sec. State: Intelligent Design And Unintelligent Legislation
When Robbie Wills launched his attack against Joyce Elliott’s voting record in the days leading up the runoff, I wrote a post explaining why it was foolish to fault Elliott for voting against a bill that was, without a doubt,…
RWC: MO GOP Candidate Offers Stupidity In Jesus' Name
It’s nice to see the state where I spent my formative years offering up some right-wing stupidity. Ed Martin, a Republican candidate for Congress in Missouri is saying that President Obama and Martin’s opponent, Russ Carnahan, want to take away…