A woman barred from reading the Bible in her son's kindergarten class is suing a suburban Philadelphia district, claiming it is infringing on her right to express her religious beliefs - and discriminating against Christians.
[Culbertson Elementary School had previously allowed students to read a book about Judaism, learn about the dreidel game, and make Hanukkah decorations. It is of course not fair that Judaism can get some exposure in elementary school and Christianity can't. That is why in the weeks ahead representatives from Islam, Buddhism, Shinto, Hinduism, Bahai, Mithrism, Astru, Wicca, Taoism, Confucianism, Sihkism, Rastafarianism, Santaria, voodoo, Scientology, Zoroastrianism, the Church of Satan, as well as guest speakers from dozens of aboriginal peoples will be making appearances soon at Culbertson Elementary School. Because either you welcome all the religions equally or you keep them out of public schools. Guess which option leaves time for learning about something besides religion.]
"America was never innocent. We popped our cherry on the boat over and looked back with no regrets. You can't ascribe our fall from grace to any single event or set of circumstances. You can't lose what you lacked at conception.
"Mass-market nostalgia gets you hopped up for a past that never existed. Hagiography sanctifies shuck-and-jive politicians and reinvents their expedient gestures as moments of great moral weight. Our continuing narrative line is blurred past truth and hindsight. Only a reckless verisimilitude can set that line straight."
--James Ellroy, American Tabloid
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"The basic tool for the manipulation of reality is the manipulation of words. If you can control the meaning of words, you can control the people who must use the words."