"There are three classes of men; the retrograde, the stationary and the progressive." - Johann Kaspar Lavater

Strategic Madness: How Being 'The Party of No' Is Working for the GOP

"The appearance of a Republican party almost entirely composed of ideological conservatives is a new and historically unprecedented development. It is only in the last decade or so that 'movement conservatism' finally succeeded in silencing, co-opting, repelling, or expelli …

School Vouchers and the Religious Subversion of Church-State Separation

Under the pretext of parental 'choice', the right is using vouchers to establish religion in public education – with Romney's blessing

If It's Sunday, It's Meet The Republican White Men

An exhaustive new study by media watchdog Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting shows that the Sunday morning talk shows have been dominated over the last eight months by white, Republican men.

The Wild Hypocrisy of America's Conservative Christians | Tea Party and the Right | AlterNet

Here's a newspaper headline that might induce a disbelieving double take: "Christians 'More Likely to Be Leftwing' And Have Liberal Views on Immigration and Equality." Sounds too hard to believe, right? Well, it's true -- only not here in America, but in the United Kingdom.  …

Rush Limbaugh: Could this be the end of Limbaugh? - chicagotribune.com

Master spinner Newt Gingrich on NBC's "Meet the Press" called it "appropriate for Limbaugh to apologize and I'm glad he apologized." Then, with a "but," the former House speaker managed to blame the dust-up on his pet target du jour, the "elite media." "I am astonished at  …

The Real Cost of Living: $150,000 Minimum

The divide between the 1 percent and the 99 percent has ignited a national debate about the income gap, especially since Occupy Wall Street protesters descended on lower Manhattan last fall.  But how much money does it take to feel financially secure these days? The a …

Top Dem Warns House GOP Not To Renege On Budget Deal

Amid rumblings that House Republicans may break their end of a major budget agreement they struck with Democrats last fall, and possibly touch off another government shutdown battle later this year, a top Senate Democrat issued a stern warning to the GOP: Don't go there.  …

The Violence of Andrew Breitbart | Truthout

Breitbart made his living by seeking to destroy the lives of other human beings whom he had identified as “traitorous” or “dangerous.” He would be the first to proudly own that.

Upset About Rising Gas Prices? President Obama, Not The GOP, Is Offering Solutions

There is no dispute that gas prices have been going up, though they remain below the high reached in mid-2008 and they were kept unnaturally low in late 2008 and 2009 due to the Bush Recession.

A Civil Right to Unionize - NYTimes.com

FROM the 1940s to the 1970s, organized labor helped build a middle-class democracy in the United States. The postwar period was as successful as it was because of unions, which helped enact progressive social legislation from the Civil Rights Act to Medicare.

Little Green Footballs - Right Wing Journalism: How Many Times Did Rachel Maddow Say the 'V' Word?

When right wing ideologues pretend to be journalists, you end up with a weird hybrid of news and social conservative talking points like Tucker Carlson’s Daily Caller. Today, the Daily Caller’s Jeff Poor is very very concerned about Rachel Maddow’s overuse  …

More GOP Hypocrisy — This Time on Contraception

In this day and age of dysfunctional politics, Americans don’t expect anything but hypocrisy from their elected officials.

Dear Rick Santorum, America Elects Presidents Not Popes

Moral absolutism is an ethical view that certain actions are absolutely right or wrong regardless of other circumstances such as their consequences or the intentions behind them.

More 'Indoctrination' Paranoia: Fox News Attacks Dr. Seuss' The Lorax | ThinkProgress

The Muppets. SpongeBob SquarePants. Dr. Seuss. Beloved icons of childhood entertainment in America, or subtle forms of anti-business indoctrination that brainwash your kids into hating capitalism? Thank goodness we have Fox to ask these questions.

Pastor Accuses Google, Starbucks and Amazon of 'Doing the Devil's Work' by Supporting Marriage Equality

Pastor Steven Andrew of USA Christian Ministries is leading a boycott of companies which endorsed a marriage equality bill in Washington state, including Google, Starbucks and Amazon, charging them with “working against Jesus and leading people to sin and to possibly go …

Corporations Don't Need a Tax Cut, So Why Is Obama Proposing One?

The Obama administration is proposing to lower corporate taxes from the current 35 percent to 28 percent for most companies and to 25 percent for manufacturers. The move is supposed to be “revenue neutral” – meaning the Administration is also proposing to  …

The GOP’s Tactful Pivot From Ryan Medicare Plan — And Why It’s Important

Republicans are continuing their gradual pivot away from the Paul Ryan Medicare plan they once voted for overwhelmingly — another tacit admission that the blueprint is too radical to pass. But they haven’t given up on the concept — far from it.

Congressional Republicans Believe Women Shouldn't Have Any Say On Contraception

In their effort to appease social conservatives, who make up a large portion of their party's base of voters, congressional Republicans have long tried to keep women in a second-class status in our society.

Pat Buchanan Is 'Departing' MSNBC: I Was 'Blacklisted, But Not Beaten'

Conservative commentator Pat Buchanan is out at MSNBC, writing in The American Conservative that “My days as a political analyst at MSNBC have come to an end.” MSNBC confirmed the news.

Legislators Who Sign the Anti-Tax "Norquist Pledge" Are Enemies of the People and the Constitution

In the 112th Congress of the United States, 235 members of the House of Representatives and 41 members of the Senate have signed the pledge created by Norquist and Americans for Tax Reform. The pledge states :

Santorum: Satan is Systematically Destroying America

But Santorum began his remarks by explaining to the students in attendance how every institution in America has been destroyed by Satan; from academia to politics with even the church having fallen under His sway - not the Catholic church, of course, but "mainline Protestant …

They're Coming for Your Kids

Secret budget (PDF) and fundraising (PDF) documents of the Chicago-based Heartland Institute, a libertarian "think tank" and a leading voice of U.S.

Think Again: Is America Getting More Conservative?

Richard Florida, director of the Martin Prosperity Institute at the University of Toronto and a senior editor at The Atlantic, wants to explain “Why America Keeps Getting More Conservative.” He notes, as does everyone who writes about the topic, that “America …

Third Party Not a Big Threat to Dems

There's an important reason why third party candidates have fared poorly in recent presidential elections and why third party candidates are likely to fare poorly again in 2012: partisan polarization.

Santorum's Rhetorical Surge

I don’t know if it’s because he doesn’t have enough money to devise a more subtle message, or because he fears the attacks on him as insufficiently conservative.

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