Aug 6, 2015 | Elections, Elections - Presidential (2016), Media Issues, Political Ideologies, Political Parties, Republicans
Published: Question of the Day (August 6, 2015) The upcoming Fox News (Aug. 6) and CNN (Sept. 16) presidential debates symbolize much of what is wrong with the American political process … but these debates are still very much worth watching.For those who haven’t heard, the networks hosting the first two debates (on August 6 and September 16) established a rule dictating that only the 10...
Aug 4, 2015 | Democrats, Elections, Elections - Presidential (2016), Liberalism, mic, Original Source Salon.com, Political Ideologies, Political Parties, Vice President Biden
Jul 27, 2015 | Democrats, Elections, Elections - Presidential (2016), Gender and Sexism, Liberalism, mic, Political Ideologies, Political Parties
Published: Good Men Project (July 25, 2015), Daily Dot (July 27, 2015) If the rape allegations against Bill Clinton are true, Hillary Clinton needs to get on them right now. What if America’s first female president was married to a sex offender? This is not a hypothetical question. A multitude of allegations against Clinton have appeared over the years. Among the most prominent: – Paula Jones,...
Jul 20, 2015 | Democrats, Elections, Elections - Presidential (2016), Internet Culture, Liberalism, mic, Political Ideologies, Political Parties
Published: Daily Dot (July 20, 2015) In becoming our nation’s first female president, a Hillary Clinton presidency would be a milestone in American history. However, Clinton’s moment in the sun may never come: Hillary Clinton will never become the progressive that many of her supporters would like her to be, and this fact may create serious problems for her candidacy. During Netroots Nation, a...
Jul 16, 2015 | Class Issues, Economic Policy, Liberalism, mic, Political Ideologies, President Obama
Published: Daily Dot (July 16, 2015) If equality of opportunity is to be a reality in this country, we need to recognize that it is impossible for anyone to be competitive in our modern economy without access to the Internet. That’s why President Obama’s new program to subsidize broadband for low-income families is such an encouraging step forward in addressing the systemic problems of millions...
Jul 14, 2015 | Extremism, General Advice, Political Ideologies, Race and Racism
Published: Good Men Project (July 14, 2015) Let’s discuss the concept of honor. More specifically, let’s explore the version of that term as it was once described by Socrates: “The greatest way to live with honor in this world is to be what we pretend to be.” Bearing this definition in mind, it’s important to understand the resurgence of the Ku Klux Klan in our news cycle (more on that in a...
Jul 9, 2015 | Conservativism, Elections, Elections - Presidential (2016), Extremism, Gun Control, mic, Original Source Salon.com, Political Ideologies
Jul 8, 2015 | Conservativism, Conspiracy Theories, Extremism, mic, Original Source Salon.com, Political Ideologies, President Obama, Race and Racism
Jul 2, 2015 | Conservativism, Extremism, Media Issues, mic, Political Ideologies, Terrorism
Published: Daily Dot (July 2, 2015) It shouldn’t come as a surprise that Morris Gulett, the leader of a white supremacist religious group that vows to fight to “safeguard the existence of our race, the purity of our blood and the sustenance of our children,” recently expressed support for Dylann Roof, the 21-year-old white supremacist who shot nine people at a black church in Charleston, South...
Jul 2, 2015 | Conservativism, Economic Policy, mic, Political Ideologies, Satirical Essays
Published: Good Men Project (July 2, 2015) Matthew Rozsa loves quotes. And he disagrees with economic conservatives. Here’s where he’s going with that. — “I have gathered a posie of other men’s flowers, and nothing but the thread that binds them is my own.” – John Bartlett, publisher and editor of “Bartlett’s Familiar Quotations” Some men collect baseball cards. Others collect comic books. I...