Aug 12, 2013 | Conservativism, Foreign Policy, Liberalism, mic, Military-Industrial Complex/Security State, Political Ideologies, Political Parties, Republicans
Published: mic (August 12, 2013) While Sarah Palin rarely provokes anything more than justified contempt among the left, her recent announcement that she is on "Team Rand" is as good a cause as any for liberals to remind themselves of why the ongoing feud between the libertarian-leaning Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) and the center-right New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) — two of the top contenders for...
Aug 6, 2013 | Conservativism, Immigration, Liberalism, Media Issues, mic, Political Ideologies
Published: mic (August 6, 2013) When Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-Ohio) visited Harrisburg, Pa., Monday to headline a political event for Congressman Scott Perry (R), he was greeted by more than the usual crowd of GOP well-wishers. As a crowd of protesters supporting Obama's immigration reform policy assembled outside Metro Bank Park, they could be heard chanting "Serve the needy, not...
Jul 19, 2013 | Liberalism, mic, Political Ideologies, President Obama, Race and Racism
Published: mic (July 19, 2013) Liberals ... we have our Obama back. Well, let's not go too far. The president who repeatedly compromised when it wasn't necessary (see the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act), reneged on promises (see Guantanamo Bay), and betrayed his own professed principles (see PRISM) cannot be entirely forgiven for his ideological betrayals simply after one press...
Jun 10, 2013 | Civil Liberties, Foreign Policy, Liberalism, mic, Military-Industrial Complex/Security State, Other Media, Political Ideologies, President Obama
Published: mic (June 18, 2013), Live Interview with Huffington Post (June 19, 2013) Our commander-in-chief had a lot to say during Monday night's interview with Charlie Rose, but CNN aptly summed it up in four words: "I'm no Dick Cheney." If I may, Mr. President, I'd like to respond to that claim with a question I bet all of your supporters (many of them now erstwhile supporters) are asking:...
May 29, 2013 | Conservativism, Extremism, Gun Control, Liberalism, mic, Political Ideologies
Published: mic (May 29, 2013) When an issue is as superheated as gun control, one can almost instinctively predict the reaction to news stories such as this one: "New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has received an anonymous threatening letter that preliminary tests indicated contained the presence of the poison ricin, law enforcement officials told NBC News. A similar letter, which early...
May 23, 2013 | Class Issues, Democrats, Economic Policy, Liberalism, mic, Political Ideologies, Political Parties, Race and Racism
Published: mic (May 23, 2013) There are days that call for history lessons, and while most liberals don't realize it, we should definitely insist on May 22 being one of them. After all, it was 49 years ago yesterday that President Lyndon Baines Johnson intoned these words at a speech delivered to a graduating class at the University of Michigan: "For a century we labored to settle and to subdue...
Nov 4, 2012 | Conservativism, Democrats, Elections, Elections - Presidential (2012), Extremism, Liberalism, mic, Political Ideologies, Political Parties, President Obama, Republicans
Published: PolicyMic (November 4, 2012) There are two quotes that best sum up Pennsylvania's role in American democracy today. One comes from legendary political consultant James Carville: "Pennsylvania is Philadelphia in the east, Pittsburgh in the west, and Alabama in the middle." This adage will be useful when following Tuesday's election returns in the Keystone State, although it's a little...
Jun 28, 2012 | Democrats, Economic Policy, Health Care Reform, History, Liberalism, mic, Political Ideologies, Political Parties, President Obama, Supreme Court and Other Judicial Issues
Published: PolicyMic (June 28, 2012) Two months ago, in my editorial detailing the positive legacy President Obama will leave behind at the end of his first term, I deliberately avoided mentioning his health care reform bill, given that it was at that time "on the Supreme Court chopping block." Now that it has been officially deemed constitutional, I think it is important to note the two-fold...
May 10, 2012 | Conservativism, Conspiracy Theories, Extremism, Liberalism, mic, Original Source Salon.com, Political Ideologies, President Obama, Satirical Essays
May 5, 2012 | Centrism, Conservativism, Extremism, General Advice, Liberalism, Libertarianism, mic, Political Ideologies
Published: PolicyMic (May 5, 2012) No one wants to be an ideologue. Defined by Merriam-Webster's Dictionary as "an often blindly partisan advocate or adherent of a particular ideology," ideologues are correctly viewed as one of the banes of the political world. While at their most extreme, they provoke violence and oppress non-believers, even the more innocuous ones manage to hinder debate and...