Radicalism

The Dim World of Light Bulb Politics

David Jenkins | Posted 05.07.2012

Read More: Radicalism, Energy Efficiency, Conservamerica, Ronald Reagan, Mike Enzi, Michael Burgess, Conservation, LED Light Bulbs, Light Bulbs, Conservative, Russell Kirk, Libertarianism, Politics News

When widespread concern about energy waste caused states to start passing light bulb efficiency standards, the manufacturers sought a uniform national standard and got it.

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Radical

Neil McCarthy | Posted 04.09.2012

Read More: Radicalism, Bipartisanship, Democrats, Job Creation, Debt Reduction, Moderates, Republicans, Politics News

Reasonable is not working. If I hear one more politician rail about the need to find bi-partisan common ground where immediate deficit reduction and job growth live in some sort of economic harmony, I am going to get sick. It isn't going to happen.

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Why Russian Art Hooligans Voina Are In The News Again

Posted 01.10.2012

Read More: Russia, Voina, Radicalism, Police Car, Moscow-Russia, Russian Art, The War, Hooliganism, Radicals, Burning Police Car, Radical Art, Arts News

Charges against the Russian guerilla art group Voina have been dropped, according to the Russian news site RIA Novosti. The charges of hooliganism...

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Determining Your Place on the Political Spectrum

Chloe Spencer | Posted 09.07.2011

Read More: Reactionary, Political Spectrum, Political Ideology, Politics, Political Quiz, Radicalism, Conservatives, Liberals, Liberalism, Conservatism, Politics News

The political spectrum is the range of political attitudes of the public, going gradually from extreme to moderate to extreme: radical, liberal, moder...

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Self-Righteousness: Why Do Some Of Us Think Only We Are Right?

Roya R. Rad, MA, PsyD | Posted 08.16.2011

Read More: Religious Intolerance, Radicalism, Self-Righteousness, Intolerance, Healthy Living News

When we get into the habit of competing over our beliefs, wanting to impose them upon others and not being able to relate to those with different views, then we limit the unlimited life.

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Two Approaches to Radicalism

Craig and Marc Kielburger | Posted 05.30.2011

Read More: Islam, Marc Kielburger, Radicalism, Muslim Youth, Craig Kielburger, Peter King, Islamophobia, Muslim, World News

Earlier this month, a U.S. congressional committee heard Melvin Bledsoe share the story of his son's conversion ("brainwashing," he called it) to Isla...

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The Biggest Lies About Islam

Azeem Ibrahim | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Terry Jones, Radicalism, Islamic Radicalism, Terrorism, Islamic Extremists, Media, Extremism, Al Qaeda, Osama Bin Laden, Obama Indonesia, Muslim, Obama Cairo Speech, Barack Obama, Pundits, Omar Bakri, Abu Humza, Religion News

I spend a lot of time in the US, and it is striking how pundits and columnists repeatedly get away with making claims about Muslims and Islam which fuel mistrust between Muslim countries and the West.

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What Glenn Beck Doesn't Understand About Biblical Social Justice

Jim Wallis | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Market, Insults, Dialogue, The Colbert Report, Social Justice, Radicalism, Mormon Church, President Obama, Jim Wallis, Demagogue, Catholic Charities, Faith-Based Initiatives, Pope Benedict, Poor, Public Policies, Catholics, Conservative, Government, Values, Good News, Salvation Army, Dorothy Day, System, Moral Compass, Attack, Hate, Lazarus and the Rich Man, Jesus, Politics, Biblical, Stephen Colbert, Role of Government, Priest, Barack Obama, Benedict XVI, Pope Benedict XVI, Jon Stewart, Bible, Kingdom of God, Socialism, Gospel, Glenn Beck, Nazi, Poverty, Seminary, Video, Religion News

Jesus said that we should love our enemies and pray for those who persecute us. I invited Beck to a civil and respectful conversation about the issues at stake here, but he has chosen a different path.

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A Role for Muslim Americans in Preventing Extremism?

Parvez Ahmed | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Islam, Radicalism, Terrorism, American Muslims, Human Rights, Radicalization, Muslim Americans, 9/11, Muslim American Community, Politics News

Inculcating a pride in citizenship and the responsibility of stewardship within Muslim youth is a message that needs to be reinforced-from the mosque pulpit to the kitchen table.

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An Interview With the Late, Great Howard Zinn

Wajahat Ali | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Howard Zinn, Howard Zinn Death, Radicalism, A People's History of the United States, Progressives, Politics News

In a 2008 interview, the progressive icon told me he believed that "the American people have the capacity to change the direction of our nation from being a military power to being a peaceful nation, using our enormous wealth for human needs."

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Radicalism 101: The Airplane Plotter and the Thin Line Between Dissent and Terrorism

Brian Levin, J.D. | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Radicalism, Colleges, Muslim, Islamic Radicalism, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, Terrorism, World News

While London's bookstores, mosques and universities have been critical refuges for dissenting youths, they have also been places where suicide bombings have been glorified, excused and celebrated.

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Woodstock Film Fest -- William Kunstler

Stewart Nusbaumer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Counterculture, Bill Kunstler, 1960s, Radicalism, William Kunstler, American Indian Movement, Chicago 7, Vietnam War, William Kunstler: Disturbing the Universe, New York News

A sensitive, truthful, insightful film about a lawyer who stood at the center of a confrontational movement as it spearheaded a political assault on injustice in America from Vietnam to the Chicago 7.

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Asking Pakistanis, When?

Betwa Sharma | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Radicalism, Susan Boyle, Islamabad, Pakistan, Swat Valley, Taliban, Karachi, Revolution, Pakistanis, Pakistan Taliban, Pakistan Army, World News

Why have Pakistanis endured decades of bad politics and their violent consequences? Why do they watch their leaders play a foolhardy game with the Taliban? Can they not do more?

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Glenn Beck: Van Jones Is a Radical Commie Intent On, Um, Creating Private Sector Jobs

David Roberts | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Black Nationalism, Van Jones, Communist, Green Jobs, Community Organizer, Fox News, Glenn Beck, Radicalism, Green News

The shadowy Apollo Alliance want the government to provide incentives to businesses to invest in green technologies. This kind of Stalinistic, top-down central planning leads only to disasters like the internet, the polio vaccine, and velcro.

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Viva Obama! Now Let's Get to Work

Randall Amster | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Politics News, Radicalism, Obama Inauguration, Barack Obama, President Obama, No More Bush, Obama's Inauguration, Inauguration Day 2009, George W. Bush, Barack Obama Inauguration, Bush's Last Day, January 20th, Obama Inauguration Day, Politics News

Te new President -- a "fellow citizen," in his own words -- actually seems predisposed to listen to us and encourage our initiative. He's youthful and, well, kind of cool.

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Remembering Studs Terkel

Rick Ayers | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Studs Terkel Death, Radicalism, Studs Terkel Working, Chicago, Oral History, Studs Terkel, Entertainment News

It is sad that Studs died just before Barack Obama won this election. My guess is he already completed his absentee ballot. Obama is a Chicago candidate, one Studs was proud of.

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