Dec 28, 2014 | Conservativism, Political Ideologies, Religion and Religious Issues
Published: Good Men Project (December 28, 2014), The Daily Dot (December 30, 2014) The Interview has been getting a lot of sympathy but, from a critical standpoint, not a great deal of respect. After seeing the film twice, I find this attitude a tad dismaying. For...
Dec 25, 2014 | Conservativism, Political Ideologies, Religion and Religious Issues
Published: Daily Dot (December 25, 2014) The nativity, whether on a church lawn or brazenly displayed at City Hall, is a fixture of American Christmases—as is, of course, controversy. While arguments over nativity scenes trend toward questions of the separation...
Dec 9, 2014 | Bullying, Conservativism, Internet Culture, Liberalism, Political Ideologies
Published: Daily Dot (December 9, 2014) If you’ve logged onto the Internet recently, chances are you’re used to seeing progressives in the role of victim. In addition to its sexist undertones, Gamergate has largely been a right-wing movement, an explosion of cultural...
Dec 7, 2014 | Conservativism, Elections, Elections - Presidential (2016), History, Political Ideologies, Political Parties, Republicans
Published: MSNBC (December 7, 2014) While he remains cryptic about his ultimate intentions, Jeb Bush has let America know that if he runs for president in 2016, he will do so by promising an administration that is “much more uplifting, much more positive, much more...
Jun 12, 2014 | Conservativism, Education, History, Political Ideologies, Religion and Religious Issues
Published: mic (June 12, 2014) The man who beat Eric Cantor may have a Ph.D., but he sure doesn't act like it. I'm not saying this because I disagree with his political views. There are plenty of conservatives and libertarians in academia (hoary claims of ivory tower...
Mar 14, 2014 | Conservativism, Economic Policy, Foreign Policy, Gay Rights and Other LGBTQIA Issues, History, Mental Illness, Political Ideologies, Political Parties, Republicans, Salon.com
Published: mic (March 14, 2014) A CPAC attendee wearing a Ronald Reagan mask. Republicans sure love to talk about Ronald Reagan. Just look at some of these quotes from the Conservative Political Action Conference last week: "Once again, the GOP is where the action...
Mar 9, 2014 | Civil Liberties, Conservativism, Foreign Policy, Libertarianism, Political Ideologies, Political Parties, Republicans
Published: mic (March 9, 2014) The annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) has held its annual straw poll. For the second year in a row, the winner was Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky. What does his victory mean? What does it tell us about the future of...
Feb 14, 2014 | Class Issues, Conservativism, Elections, Elections - Other, Libertarianism, Plutocracy, Political Ideologies
Published: mic (February 14, 2014) Billionaire Tom Perkins, who once compared the Occupy movement with Nazism, is again at the center of a storm of controversy. His comment? "The Tom Perkins system is: You don't get to vote unless you pay a dollar of taxes... You pay...
Feb 11, 2014 | Conservativism, Democrats, Elections, Elections - Presidential (2016), Liberalism, Media Issues, Political Ideologies, Political Parties, Republicans, Scandals
Published:mic (February 11, 2014) Let's dispense with a necessary disclaimer: I believe Hillary Rodham Clinton is going to be the next President of the United States. The "Hillary Papers" that have been flying around the conservative blogosphere this week are just the...
Jan 28, 2014 | Conservativism, Economic Policy, Extremism, Liberalism, Libertarianism, Plutocracy, Political Ideologies
Published: mic (January 28, 2014 Back in 1990, American attorney and author Mike Godwin observed that political discussions (particularly those that occurred online) were oversaturated with Nazi analogies. This gave birth to the expression "Godwin's Law," which argues...