Dan Arel's Blog, page 49
March 1, 2016
Girl Scouts raise record amount of money after Catholic Church attacks them
A week after the Archdiocese of St. Louis suggested that local Girl Scout troops should not be a part of its parishes, the Girl Scouts of Eastern Missouri have raised a record amount of money as part of its annual fundraiser.
Nation of Islam’s Louis Farrakhan praised Trump for not taking ‘Jewish money’
Louis Farrakhan, leader of the Nation of Islam praised Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump in a sermon in early February for not accepting money from the Jewish community.
February 29, 2016
Bill O’Reilly loses custody of his children after assaulting his ex-wife
Bill O'Reilly loses custody of his children after assaulting his ex-wife in front of them
Ken Ham gives revisionist history of U.S. and calls Ark ruling best ever on religious liberty
Ken Ham told a room full of Christian reporters that "we need to be reminded of America’s history and laws, and also to be reminded of the nation’s biblical foundations, and need to be reminded of the saving gospel."
February 28, 2016
Neil deGrasse Tyson explains why we have a leap year
In this video for National Geographic, astrophysicist and science communicator extraordinaire explains why February 29 comes around only every four years.
February 27, 2016
Clinton dominates in South Carolina; Sanders warns this is just the beginning
Saturday night was not a good night for Bernie Sanders or his supports. The Hillary Clinton victory was not only sizeable, it proved just how well she can carry the black vote, something Sanders has been struggling with, even with his long civil rights record.
February 26, 2016
Without the youth vote, Bernie Sanders won’t get his political revolution
If young voters want the political revolution they are demanding they are going to have to start showing up and voting. If they continue to sit at home, their political revolution will never come.
Cory Booker is wrong about Sanders (and Hillary) on minority incarceration
With the Democratic primary vote taking place tomorrow in South Carolina, both Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders' camps have been very active there recently. What is imperative for both sides is winning minority votes, being both candidates are white and need to appeal to a demographic they don't personally identify with.
February 25, 2016
Study: Transgender children supported in their identities show positive mental health
Researchers found that transgender children are not destined for a life of depression and their findings casts serious doubt on the long-held assumptions that mental health problems in transgender children are inevitable, or even that being transgender is itself a type of mental disorder.
Hillary Clinton shrugs off Black Lives Matter questions saying ‘back to the issues’
During a $500 a plate fundraiser for Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, a Black Lives Matter protestor disrupted the former secretary of state with questions about mass incarceration, a question she shrugged off as a non-issue.
