Far Right

BNP Membership List Leaked

The Guardian | Robert Booth, Helen Pidd and Paul Lewis | Posted 10.19.2009 | World


The BNP is bracing itself for potentially fresh embarrassment tomorrow when details of the party's UK-wide rank and file membership are expected to be...

Limbaugh Calls Detroit's Poor "Obama's America"

Chris Savage | Posted 10.12.2009 | Politics


Chris Savage

Detroiters converged on Cobo Hall last Wednesday to claim federal aid, giving Rush Limbaugh a chance to mock "Obama's America."

I Was A Teenage Anti-Abortionist

Carl Capotorto | Posted 10.08.2009 | Politics


Carl Capotorto

The far right is daily being chased back into the margins, where it belongs. All that's left of their movement is a relative handful of confused, misguided know-nothings being manipulated and led by a cynical elite.

How to Think

Terrance Heath | Posted 11.08.2009 | Politics


Terrance Heath

One of our political parties now embraces that what one believes is more important than what one knows, and is where critical thought has been banished and"facts" are founded in belief.

Obama Is Right, His Critics (Right and Left) Are Wrong

Frank Schaeffer | Posted 10.17.2009 | Politics


Frank Schaeffer

To the right the truly insane, the armed, the deluded and the outright liars dwell. To the left the impatient and jaded dwell. So what is the last reasonable American -- President Obama -- to do?

What if the Right was Right? A Reflection on the "Christian States of America."

Cynthia Boaz | Posted 09.18.2009 | Politics


Cynthia Boaz

I am not saying that Jesus was a Stalinist or even a communist, just that it's very clear from his teachings that he believed that people were happier and healthier when they shared with each other.

World Racism: Summer of Love and Hate

Reporters Uncensored | Posted 09.12.2009 | Entertainment


Reporters Uncensored

Whether you are the "hater" or the "hated," having a common enemy quickly unites people who are like minded -- for better or for worst.

Danger on the Right

James Zogby | Posted 09.07.2009 | Politics


James Zogby

There is a social movement stirring on the far right of American politics and it bodes ill for our future. If we do not start to address this troubling anger now, we could end up in the throes of a full-fledged nativist siege.

More Orly Taitz!

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 09.03.2009 | Media


Joseph A. Palermo

Finally, we have an extreme right-wing personality making the rounds in the corporate media who tears down the facade of "legitimacy" the Far Right bestows upon its craziest enthusiasts.

Far-Right Terror Attack Feared By UK Police, Mirroring Similar Warning By DHS in US

Guardian | Posted 08.06.2009 | World


Scotland Yard's counter-terrorism command fears the extreme right will stage a deadly terrorist attack in Britain to try to stoke racial tensions, the...

Dr. Tiller, Murder, Domestic Terrorism and the Republican Right

Frank Schaeffer | Posted 07.10.2009 | Politics


Frank Schaeffer

The leaderless Republican Party -- or should I say the dwindling rabble of know-nothing reactionaries who still identify themselves as Republicans -- is not just politically leaderless, they are also morally leaderless.

Bring On The BNP - Out Of The Shadows

Deborah Hobson | Posted 07.10.2009 | World


Deborah Hobson

I know this motley crew of far right fantasists could never command support among the vast majority of right-thinking Britons.

Was Tiller's Murder Justice?

Eric Sapp | Posted 07.03.2009 | Living


Eric Sapp

When Christians decide lies are the best way to inspire the "faithful" to fight for justice, and when Christians demonstrate through our actions that we believe that any means are justified as long as the end is just, we are lost.

Yet Another California Campaign: Elections Abound In the Arnold Era

William Bradley | Posted 04.02.2009 | Politics


William Bradley

Every other year, including this, has seen the tarnished Golden State holding at least one statewide election. This May 19th it's another special statewide election, the fourth of the Arnold Era.

Far Right Fury Over California Tax Hikes and Open Primary

William Bradley | Posted 03.24.2009 | Politics


William Bradley

Far right leaders see the tax issue and the open primary issue -- in which the two top vote-getters in a primary race, regardless of party ID, would face off in the general election -- as inextricably linked.

California: The Far Right's Ritual Dance on the Edge of the Cliff

William Bradley | Posted 03.21.2009 | Politics


William Bradley

As the Republicans have declined in California, they have become even more conservative. As they become more conservative, they are even less open to compromise.

The Far Right's All Out Offensive Against Medical Research

Howard Dean | Posted 03.20.2009 | Politics


Howard Dean

This claptrap is really about the far right laying the ground work for a far greater and more sustained attack on the Democrats' attempt to fix our health care system.

Oh, About That "End" of the Obama Honeymoon ...

William Bradley | Posted 03.12.2009 | Media


William Bradley

Where Obama may have made a mistake is in being too substantively accommodating with people who are basically not going to support him except in the event of an extraterrestrial invasion.

Obama's Win and the Ten Lies The Right Is Spreading About It

Michael Giltz | Posted 12.13.2008 | Politics


Michael Giltz

Obama only won by six points in the popular vote, they say. Shouldn't it have been much bigger? Sure he won, but it's not like Obama got a rousing endorsement.

Americans Embrace Pro-Education, Pro-Prevention, Pro-Choice Values in Historic Election

Scott Swenson | Posted 12.06.2008 | Living


Scott Swenson

Social conservatives have a simple choice to make. They can recognize the US as a pluralistic nation with diverse beliefs and work with people they disagree with, or marginalize themselves.

The Anatomy Of Republican Cataclysm and Democratic Victory

Frank Schaeffer | Posted 11.29.2008 | Politics


Frank Schaeffer

The Republican Party has lost the hearts and minds of reasonable Americans of all faiths and ideologies. Independent voters, young people, black people, Hispanics... the list goes on.

McCain/Palin's Militia Politics

Bob Ostertag | Posted 11.18.2008 | Politics


Bob Ostertag

What is truly dangerous is how the garbage spewed out by the McCain/Palin campaign is such ideal fodder for the paranoia that was the meat-and-potatoes of the militia movement.

The "Manchurian Candidate" Fantasy: Paranoia And Irony Abound

William Bradley | Posted 11.15.2008 | Media


William Bradley

There is a further irony, in that there actually is a candidate in this race who was not born in America and who was a prisoner of war. That would be, of course, John McCain.

Abuse of Power, Anger and Abortion Politics: Extremism Exposed

Scott Swenson | Posted 11.11.2008 | Politics


Scott Swenson

Maybe McCain's last act of patriotism for the country he loves is exposing extremist elements by picking Palin and making Americans more aware of how this Culture of Lies has taken root.