Apr 28, 2015 | Conservativism, Elections, Elections - Presidential (2016), Immigration, mic, Political Ideologies, Political Parties, Race and Racism, Republicans
Published: Daily Dot (April 28, 2015) If the recent polls are to be believed, Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida is all but guaranteed to be the Republican presidential nominee in 2016. The Hill, a prominent Beltway blog, reports that Rubio is besting his Republican challengers in two different early polls, one from Fox News and the other from Quinnipac University. According to Fox, 13 percent of...
Apr 24, 2015 | Conservativism, Criminal Justice/Prison-Industrial Complex, Death Penalty, mic, Original Source Salon.com, Political Ideologies
Apr 23, 2015 | Internet Culture, Liberalism, Marijuana Legalization and the War on Drugs, Political Ideologies, President Obama
Published: Daily Dot (April 23, 2015) On Sunday night, President Obama backed Medical Pot Reform—and the Internet noticed. https://twitter.com/guardian/status/589881479519457280 https://twitter.com/thinkprogress/status/589964274581180416 https://twitter.com/GovJVentura/status/590205798027894784/photo/1?ref_src=twsrc^tfw Perhaps more important than the fact that the Internet is abuzz over Obama’s...
Apr 17, 2015 | Conservativism, Elections, Elections - Presidential (2016), mic, Political Ideologies, Political Parties, Republicans, Scandals
Published: Daily Dot (April 7, 2015) According to a New York Times report published on Monday, Jeb Bush identified himself as a “Hispanic” on voter registration form in 2009. In response to this story, Bush tweeted: https://twitter.com/JebBush/status/585091719550656512?ref_src=twsrc^tfw It is possible that Bush will emerge from this debacle unscathed. The same cannot be said, however, of the...
Apr 9, 2015 | Conservativism, Elections, Elections - Presidential (2016), Gay Rights and Other LGBTQIA Issues, Original Source Salon.com, Pennsylvania, Political Ideologies, Political Parties, Religion and Religious Issues, Republicans
Apr 8, 2015 | Conservativism, Elections, Elections - Presidential (2016), Libertarianism, mic, Political Ideologies, Political Parties, Republicans
Published: MSNBC (April 8, 2015) Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul doesn’t need to win the presidency to revolutionize the Republican Party. He just needs to get nominated. More than fifty years have passed since the GOP chose a non-establishment candidate to lead its national ticket. Even when their base could only muster tepid enthusiasm for its standard-bearer (see Mitt Romney), the primaries have had...
Mar 26, 2015 | Conservativism, Elections, Elections - Presidential (2016), Original Source Salon.com, Political Ideologies, Political Parties, Republicans, Scandals
Mar 24, 2015 | Conservativism, Conspiracy Theories, Elections, Elections - Presidential (2016), Extremism, Original Source Salon.com, Other Media, Political Ideologies, Political Parties, Republicans
Mar 5, 2015 | Conspiracy Theories, Extremism, mic, Political Ideologies
Published: Good Men Project (March 5, 2015) Matthew Rozsa holds conspiracy theorists to the same standard of skepticism that they claim to use. ___ Maybe it was my mistake. After all, what kind of person expects to hear intelligent political analysis from two drunks in an alley? Granted, it was the alley adjacent to my house, and while I was nowhere near as inebriated as my two new...
Mar 3, 2015 | Conservativism, Gay Rights and Other LGBTQIA Issues, Political Ideologies, Religion and Religious Issues
Published: Good Men Project (March 3, 2015) Matthew Rozsa explains how bigotry and lack of honor go hand-in-hand. ___ To understand why public trust in our government and political parties has reached historic lows, simply look at the latest maneuver by social conservatives to squelch gay rights. True, it seems self-evident that supporting discrimination is always despicable, regardless of...