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How Progressives Can Move Obama to the Left

Cenk Uygur | Posted 12.24.2009 | Politics


Cenk Uygur

I'm positive that Obama thinks that he's doing his best to bring about as much change as he can within the limits of this system. But is he a true progressive or a corporatist sell out?

Glenn Beck As Political Organizer: Fox News Host Sponsoring 7 Conventions

New York Times | BRIAN STELTER | Posted 11.21.2009 | Media


Glenn Beck, the popular and outspoken Fox News host, says he wants to go beyond broadcasting his opinions and start rallying his political base -- for...

Focusing on the Facile

Hannah Fisher | Posted 11.17.2009 | World


Hannah Fisher

Political speeches in Britain now contain little more than empty repetition, all substance is lacking. The British public has lost respect and will not start listening until a new breed of politician arises.

Health Care Reform Struggle Will Not End This Year

Chris Weigant | Posted 11.17.2009 | Politics


Chris Weigant

No matter what healthcare bill passes, it is not going to remain static. It is going to be revisited again and again over the next few decades. That's how lawmaking works.

Top-Down Blowback; The GOP Discovers That the Grassroots Bites Back

Rob Kall | Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics


Rob Kall

Limbaugh, Beck and Palin tap the energy and emotions of the masses and flame their biases and bigotry. The web and the media have changed the rules. The grassroots are connected like never before.

The Elections You May Not Have Noticed

Jim Wallis | Posted 11.05.2009 | Politics


Jim Wallis

I think as people continue to see so much of politics as usual in this town -- partisan bickering and big money buying votes -- they are increasingly likely to vote against whatever represents the old politics for them.

What's In A Name? Defining The Modern Conservative

Tim Ellis | Posted 10.23.2009 | Politics


Tim Ellis

Is conservatism good for America? The answer depends largely on what you mean by conservatism -- and what you mean by "good for America."

Democrats Should Stay Off Fox Until It Confesses

Cenk Uygur | Posted 10.23.2009 | Media


Cenk Uygur

Does anyone really believe that ACORN is the top story? Every day? Or is it possible that is Fox's obvious, ham-handed way of attacking the president daily? I can't believe we're having this argument.

Our Frenzied Focus on Fox

Mike Papantonio | Posted 11.29.2009 | Media


Mike Papantonio

Roger Ailes understands what other TV executives miss. He remembers that P.T. Barnum built his business around high-wire acts and circus freaks.

What!? Racism Still in America?

Jim Wallis | Posted 11.17.2009 | Politics


Jim Wallis

I see racial sub-texts in the intensity of the attacks on Obama -- not in the disagreements per se, but in the viciousness of the rhetoric.

Ask an Average Conservative Blogger

Edward Murray | Posted 11.10.2009 | Comedy


Edward Murray

Average Conservative Blogger responds to readers' questions.

A Stupid Made-for-TV Controversy

Jim Wallis | Posted 11.09.2009 | Politics


Jim Wallis

News cycles thrive on controversy and the extreme, so those elements of our country are continuing to get more and more airtime.

MSNBC's Rev. Joe Watkins Accuses President Obama of Breaking and Entering the Nation's Schools While Pastor Steven Anderson Prays For His Death

Ronald B. Robinson | Posted 11.08.2009 | Politics


Ronald B. Robinson

Rev. Watkins, what you and your ilk are doing is the antithesis of Christianity and Christ's teachings.

Conservative Argument for Healthcare Reform: Part 4: Pop Torts

Joe The Nerd Ferraro | Posted 10.20.2009 | Politics


Joe The Nerd Ferraro

After attending the Sestak-Toomey debate in Allentown this week I struck up a conversation about medical malpractice with one of the people who questioned the two senate candidates during the forum.

Conservative Argument for Healthcare Reform: Part 3: St. Matthew is on our side.

Joe The Nerd Ferraro | Posted 10.16.2009 | Home


Joe The Nerd Ferraro

The Gospel reading at Kennedy's funeral was a sharp stick in the eye of the Congresspeople sitting in the pews.

Conservative Argument for Healthcare Reform, Part 2: What Is the Size Glove of Adam Smith's Invisible Hand?

Joe The Nerd Ferraro | Posted 09.28.2009 | Politics


Joe The Nerd Ferraro

We need the government to create the environment where small business can make a buck, just like Adam Smith would have wanted it.

Conservative Argument for Healthcare Reform: Part 1:Get Rid of Unsightly Unfunded Mandates

Joe The Nerd Ferraro | Posted 09.28.2009 | Politics


Joe The Nerd Ferraro

I just don't get it. You get a guy in the White House who is offering business the biggest tax break of our lifetimes, and he gets snubbed by every right-winger.

Obama as the Joker? Holy Dumbass, Batman!

Aemilia Scott | Posted 09.20.2009 | Politics


Aemilia Scott

In the films, Batman is all about doing the dirty work that the public needs, but doesn't necessarily want. Sound familiar?

Disrupting Democracy

Robin Lakoff | Posted 09.07.2009 | Politics


Robin Lakoff

Liberals have devised ways to help the economically impoverished. Now we have to figure out what to do about the discursively impoverished.

Puerto Rico -- the Next Red State?

Steve Garcia | Posted 08.27.2009 | Politics


Steve Garcia

If Puerto Rico becomes a state it would add 2 senators and 7 representatives to Congress; we can expect these members to come from the conservatives that hold office in the "state" legislature.

Progressive Progress

David Horton | Posted 08.20.2009 | Politics


David Horton

As a biologist I tend to observe the behavior of conservatives in the way that I would observe bird behavior, or the behavior of, say, skunks.

Sotomayor and the Fundamentals of Diversity and Affirmative Action

Jim Wallis | Posted 08.20.2009 | Politics


Jim Wallis

In the story of creation in Genesis we see that the image of God is best reflected not through sameness, but through the breadth that exists within the grand diversity of creation.

Right Wing Hate Getting Out of Control

Mike Papantonio | Posted 07.31.2009 | Media


Mike Papantonio

About an hour's drive from where I live, a miserable 60-year old man by the name of Donnie Baker murdered two Chilean college students and wounded fiv...

What To Choose After This Bad Week

Jim Selman | Posted 07.23.2009 | Living


Jim Selman

Last week was not a good week for the planet and I've been taking it personally.

Crist Named "Comrade of The Month" By Club For Growth

Politico | Posted 07.10.2009 | Politics


The Club for Growth, the bane of Republican moderates, has taken another shot at Florida GOP Gov. Charlie Crist, this time nominating him for its Comr...