The Age of Propaganda?
The Program on International Policy Attitudes is a respected source for international opinion research. In the wake of the 2010 U.S. elections, it conducted a survey of voters, first looking to see...
View ArticleRed Riding Hood & The Big Bad Gay Wolf
Writing at Matt Barber’s virulently anti-gay BarbWire, Mark Creech (executive director at the Christian Action League, AFA’s North Carolina affiliate) rewrote the tale of Little Red Riding Hood to...
View ArticleRush Limbaugh: “Obama Is America’s Number One National Security Problem”
From the October 13 edition of Premiere Radio Networks’ The Rush Limbaugh Show courtesy of Media Matters: Tim Peacock For virtually his entire life, Tim has been writing. Over the years he’s dabbled in...
View ArticleDemocrats & Republicans: The Perils of “Balance”
I love Paul Krugman. Unlike most economists (apologies to certain of my academic colleagues), he writes clearly–as if he is actually interested in communicating, rather than impressing–and more often...
View ArticleFox’s Stuart Varney: Democrats Are “Giving Stuff Away” And “They’re Buying...
STEVE DOOCY (HOST): Ok, so with all that free stuff they’re giving away, what’s it going to cost you, the American taxpayer? STUART VARNEY: A lot. DOOCY: Stuart Varney joins us live. You’re right, a...
View ArticleRand Paul Backtracks on Anti-Gay Remarks After Outrage
After arguing LGBT people should stay in the closet if they don’t want to be fired for their sexual orientation or gender identity, 2016 GOP presidential hopeful Rand Paul appeared on CNN last night to...
View ArticleRush Limbaugh: Democrats On Benghazi Committee Will Praise Hillary Clinton At...
Limbaugh: “It’s The Reason She’s Running. To Be The First Woman. So They’re Going To Praise Her Cervix. What Else Is There?” From the October 19 edition of Premiere Radio Networks’ The Rush Limbaugh...
View ArticleHouston Chronicle Pummels Dan Patrick Over HERO Attack
In a scathing editorial the Houston Chronicle called out Texas Lt. Governor Dan Patrick for his underhanded and misinformed attack on the Houston Equal Rights Ordinance (HERO). Calling Patrick’s attack...
View ArticleThe CNBC GOP Debate: An Interstate Clown Car Pile-Up
Tonight’s CNBC-moderated GOP debate among the top GOP presidential hopefuls turned into what can only be described as a clown car pile-up carrying devastating political casualties. When not citing...
View ArticleGliniewicz: Facts, Media Hype & the Fake ‘War on Cops’
When Fox Lake, IL police Lt. Joe Gliniewicz died while on duty at the end of September mainstream and far right media immediately began pointing fingers at the so-called anti-police crowd often (and...
View ArticleIgnorance is One Thing; Anti-Knowledge Another
I’ve run across several columns/posts recently focused on a distinction–one that is gaining in importance–between Ignorance and anti-knowledge, or what we might call intentional or stubborn ignorance....
View ArticleIn Which I Agree With National Review…
When a conservative is right, s/he’s right. And over at the National Review, Kevin Williamson is right. His article, titled: Take a Bow, Species, rejected the constant drumbeat of what is wrong with...
View ArticleTrump Mocks Disabled NY Times Reporter Serge Kovaleski
During a campaign rally in South Carolina on Tuesday GOP presidential hopeful Donald Trump mocked NY Times reporter Serge Kovaleski for his disability. Mimicking the involuntary gestures associated...
View ArticleConfirmed: Robert Dear Voter Form Gender Selection a Typo
After right-wing conspiracy blogs latched on to a voter registration form error in the ongoing investigation into suspected Colorado Springs shooter Robert Dear’s life, the El Paso County Clerk just...
View ArticleFox’s Katie Pavlich: Concept of White Privilege is Racist
Speaking with Kennedy Montgomery and Bill O’Reilly on the The O’Reilly Factor earlier this week Fox contributor Katie Pavlich mocked the concept of white privilege claiming she confronts “whiteness” by...
View ArticleThis Is a Test: America’s Racism & Xenophobia Problem
History doesn’t exactly repeat itself, but close enough. Yesterday, a friend sent me a link to an article from the LA Times that began: The year was 1915, and the strange new newspaper in Aurora, Mo.,...
View ArticleCarly Fiorina Snaps During Planned Parenthood Shooting CNN Segment
Speaking with CNN’s Chris Cuomo today flailing GOP presidential hopeful Carly Fiorina snapped while refuting her lies and anti-abortion rhetoric contributed to the environment that produced alleged...
View ArticleGOP in Crisis: A Wake-Up Call Too Late?
Finally, the alarms are going off in what is left of the rational GOP. The question is: is it too late? Has the party slept through earlier signals and bells, hitting the “snooze” button too often?...
View ArticleThe Year of Lost Trust
[Today] we welcome a new year. It will come with significant challenges, among them, pervasive suspicion of our social and governing institutions. Ask the person on the street, who do you trust? and...
View ArticleThat Quaint Thing Called “Ethics”
A recent article in New America Weekly argues that we Americans need to clean up our understanding of corruption. We tend to think of corruption as the sorts of outright bribery encountered in many...
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