The Tea Party Movement's Populism
If the slogan of left-wing populism might be "What about us?" the slogan of right-wing populism is "What about me and my kind?"
If the slogan of left-wing populism might be "What about us?" the slogan of right-wing populism is "What about me and my kind?"
Tides would like to extend our thanks to Glenn Beck for helping to generate attention for "The Story of Stuff", one of the projects we proudly support -- though his assertions were totally bizarre.
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The reality -- that ACORN is an established group with worthy goals and some success but also poor management -- is not what's driving the story. Conservatives want to destroy ACORN and the things it does. Period.
Would Ben Stein hear out Ahmadinejad on the Holocaust the way Glenn Beck heard Stein out on his anti-evolution film? Fair and balanced, anyone?
I have never watched Glenn Beck. I had never heard of Glenn Beck until he arrived at Fox News...when? Not that long ago. But then, overnight, he becam...
According to reports, the body of a part-time Census field worker had the word "fed" scrawled across his chest. Suddenly, big government is a big problem, and the "Feds" are to blame.
I've been following the Republican descent into the realms of the bizarre for some time now, and I'm convinced that if they retook Congress the Republicans might try to impeach the president.
It is natural for many to shirk away from defending ACORN in light of this footage. But this particular exchange is not just cherry-picked -- it was planted, nurtured, and harvested.
People -- and Americans in particular -- love being conned. I can't think of a better time to watch A Face in the Crowd.
The question remains: How do we deal with the mounting anger in America before it's too late and we have another national tragedy on our hands and souls? Are we mature enough as a country to have an honest discourse on the roots of anger in America today?
Civil War historians have a difficult time explaining how America's Southern aristocracy convinced poor sharecroppers to fight a war on their behalf. ...
Online success has more to do with passion and intensity than with technological sophistication. And in politics, the outsiders -- not the establishment -- own passion.
Somehow not a single Democratic politician, official or one of their minions in the entire state of New York was available to make an appearance.
Fox News Sunday's Chris Wallace's whining and childish name-calling revealed more about the bitter and bruised host than it did the White House.
Time's cover is the beginning of a rehab job for Glenn Beck. The magazine is trying once again to make it okay for people to sponsor this "person".
Explaining online journalism with the respect it deserves: via sexually violating aquatic mammals. To see more of August J. Pollak's cartoon "Some ...
As a followup to his call for a Fast and Prayer for the Republic on the same day as Yom Kippur, the Jewish day of atonement and the religion's highest...
Former banker Ken Morris will donate $100,000 to veterans' charities for a dinner with Sarah Palin and guests, on-the-record and taped so as to minimize misrepresentations.
After years of skirmishing under the radar, the nexus between conservative talk radio and hip hop has come to the fore.
Last week, a CBS blogger reported a completely and utterly misleading figure on cap-and-trade that spread like wildfire from right-wing blogs, to Glenn Beck, and even the Washington Post.