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:...
Everbody hates Rick Santorum
Apr 9, 2015 | Conservativism, Elections, Elections - Presidential (2016), Gay Rights and Other LGBTQIA Issues, Pennsylvania, Political Ideologies, Political Parties, Religion and Religious Issues, Republicans, Salon.com
Published: Salon (April 9, 2015) How the former GOP heavyweight became a political irrelevancy 2016 is heating up. Indiana's anti-gay law dominates the headlines. And nobody is paying attention to poor ol' Rick As Americans brace themselves for Rand Paul’s...
The Rand Revolution is already here
Apr 8, 2015 | Conservativism, Elections, Elections - Presidential (2016), Libertarianism, 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...
The real reason Ted Cruz will never be elected president
Mar 26, 2015 | Conservativism, Elections, Elections - Presidential (2016), Political Ideologies, Political Parties, Republicans, Salon.com, Scandals
Published: Daily Dot (March 26, 2015), Salon (March 28, 2015) Despite what he wants you to think, Ted Cruz is not the great anti-politician of our time. In fact, he may be our most potent symbol of everything that is wrong with modern politics. This would be hard to...
Ted Cruz’s birthplace matters – but not for the reason you think
Mar 24, 2015 | Conservativism, Conspiracy Theories, Elections, Elections - Presidential (2016), Extremism, Other Media, Political Ideologies, Political Parties, Republicans, Salon.com
Published: Daily Dot (March 24, 2015), Salon (March 26, 2015), Interview with CBC - Edmonton (March 26, 2015) It’s the hypocrisy, stupid. Much mirth has already been derived from Ted Cruz’s announcement that he is running for president in 2016; Twitter users were...
Sneaky Homophobes Are Undermining Gay Rights Progress
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...
Why old white Republicans keep mansplaining women’s vaginas
Feb 25, 2015 | Conservativism, Gender and Sexism, Political Ideologies, Political Parties, Republicans
Published: Daily Dot (February 25, 2015) When yet another old white man nationally embarrasses himself with his ignorance about how women’s bodies work, it isn’t enough to hold them up for richly deserved derision, as the Internet is wont to do. We must also learn a...
Why ISIS and Republican zealots have more in common than you think
Feb 11, 2015 | Conservativism, Extremism, Political Ideologies, Political Parties, Religion and Religious Issues, Republicans, Terrorism
Published: Daily Dot (February 11, 2015) If there is one thing we can learn from the Christian Right’s continued response to President Obama’s National Prayer Breakfast speech, it is that religious prejudice isn’t limited to any specific religion. Ironically, the...
Don’t hate on critics of ‘American Sniper’ – criticize its racist hero
Jan 22, 2015 | Arts and Entertainment, Conservativism, Internet Culture, Political Ideologies, Race and Racism, Religion and Religious Issues, Salon.com
Published: Daily Dot (January 22, 2015), Republished on MediaREDEF (January 23, 2015), Salon (January 28, 2015) This article is not about American Sniper. It is about Chris Kyle. That’s an important distinction because, as American Sniper continues to break box office...
How GOP obstructionism empowered the presidency
Jan 11, 2015 | Climate Change and Other Environmental Issues, Conservativism, Foreign Policy, Immigration, Political Ideologies, Political Parties, President Obama, Republicans
Published: MSNBC (January 11, 2015) Listening to Rep. Louis Gohmert’s (R-TX) revanchist logic for his failed bid to oust John Boehner as speaker of the House earlier this month, you’d think the tea party wing of the Republican Party had been working with President...