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Citizen Journalism is Simply Not Enough

Chris Prevatt | Posted 10.26.2009 | Media

Read More: Non-Profit Journalism, Ideology, Right-Wing Media Bias, Citizen Journalism, Orange County Register, A New Page, Assemblyman Van Tran, Investigative Reporting, Norberto Santana Jr. Norberto Santana, Quachgate, Ocweekly, Media News
Chris Prevatt

Despite our best efforts, bloggers just don't have enough resources to meet the need for full time investigative reporting.

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N.O.P.E.: National Organization of Pissed Off Elders

Jim Selman | Posted 10.26.2009 | Living

Read More: Aging, Social Security, Elders, Drag Race, Bureaucrats, Power, Capitalism, Common Sense, Compassion, Ideology, Decency, Politics, Scooters, Freedom, Principles, Slogan, Goodwill, Customer Service, Nope, Zoomers, Sex, Living News
Jim Selman

I want to create a new organization to stamp out stupidity and indifference and restore common decency and goodwill into society. I think I'll call it the National Organization of Pissed-Off Elders (N.O.P.E.).

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Shriver Report: Get Married, Have Kids, Then We'll Speak to Your Issues

Bella DePaulo | Posted 10.24.2009 | Living

Read More: Workforce, Social Security, Singled Out, Pay, Divorce, Children, Matrimania, A Woman’s Nation, Gloria Steinem, Nonfamily Households, Media, Childless Women, Business, Ideology, Consciousness-Raising, Friendship, Compulsory Heterosexuality, Politics, Compulsory Mothering, Singlism, Discrimination, Breadwinners, Health Care, Couples, Family, Women’s Media Center, Taxes, Connection, Single-Person Households, Wives, Compulsory Marriage, Money, Women’s Movement, Suze Orman, Shriver Report, Singles, Maria Shriver, Time Magazine, Mothers, Gender, Education, Oprah Winfrey, Career, Workplace, Unmarried America, John Podesta, Adrienne Rich, Living News
Bella DePaulo

I'll highlight some remarkable and conventional-wisdom-defying findings from the report that were published but never headlined.

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Our Children Shouldn't Be Messengers Of Hate!

Linda Milazzo | Posted 09.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Universal Single-Payer Healthcare, Anti-Healthcare, Pro-Healthcare, President Obama, Congresswoman Jane Harman, Progressive Democrats of America, Medicare for All, Supremacy, Children as Victims, Marcy Winograd, Ideology, Pawns for Hate, Fascism, Ucla, The Joker, Hatred, Protests, Codepink, Death Panels, Congressman Henry Waxman, Politics News
Linda Milazzo

Regardless of which side of the religious and socio-political spectrum a child's parent or guardian is on, that child is innocent. Children are not billboards for hatred, malice and lies.

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Sotomayor Was Right the First Time: A Wise Latina Does Know More

Charles H. Green | Posted 08.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Racism, Minority, Gates, Trust, Ideology, Sotomayor, Politics News
Charles H. Green

People observe and believe very different things based on whether they are members of a minority, or of a majority. One group, I suggest, notices more, and knows more, than the other.

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Reality on the Water

Michael B. Laskoff | Posted 05.16.2009 | World

Read More: Piracy, Criminals, Obama, Pirates, Realism, Richard Phillips, Ideology, Somalia, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq, World News
Michael B. Laskoff

Could it be that President Obama, Secretary Gates and the Department of Defense also know what they are doing on the ground in places like Afghanistan and Pakistan?

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The Economic Crisis as Collective Trauma

Robert D. Stolorow | Posted 04.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Aig, General Motors, Trauma, Economic Crisis, 9/11, Obama, Terror, Ideology, Bush, Politics News
Robert D. Stolorow

The current economic crisis is reanimating once again the feelings of terror, vulnerability, and powerlessness spawned by the attack of 9/11.

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Key Difference Between Modern Liberalism and Conservatism: Nuance

Sahil Kapur | Posted 04.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Dogma, Ideology, Crooks and Liars, Nuance, Jonathan Krohn, Rush Limbaugh, Personal Responsibility, Sean Hannity, Conservatism, Principles, Liberalism, Political Philosophy, Individual Liberty, Republican Party, Politics News
Sahil Kapur

The alleged tenets of modern conservatism are great; they just need to be tempered with reality. That's where liberalism steps in.

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The Culture Wars Roll On

Andrew Sargus Klein | Posted 03.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Politics, Culture Wars, Economic Stimulus Package, Conservatives, Arts Policy, Republican, Media, Barack Obama, Culture, Ideology, Art, Gop, National Endowment for the Arts, Arts Funding, Politics News
Andrew Sargus Klein

The arts and humanities get a pretty raw deal. It was painful to watch the purported centrists in the Senate cut out nearly $100 million worth of funds for arts, culture and education last week.

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Can the GOP Expand Its Demographic Base While Moving Right?

Ed Kilgore | Posted 02.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Rnc Chair Race, Conservatives, Demographics, Ideology, Republicans, Politics News
Ed Kilgore

There's every indication that Republicans are united in the belief that a more rigorous fidelity to conservative ideology is not only consistent with the Party's strategic needs, but is essential to their achievement.

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Is "Ideology" Bad When it Comes to Foreign Policy?

Shadi Hamid | Posted 01.17.2009 | World

Read More: Democracy Promotion, Egypt, War on Terrorism, Pragmatism, Foreign Policy, Ideology, George W. Bush, Foreign Affairs, World News
Shadi Hamid

In the realm of foreign policy, "Ideology" is getting a bad name. "Pragmatism" is, apparently, all the rage. Problem is we aren't being careful with our terms.

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Obama's Picks and the Ideology of No Ideology

Norman Solomon | Posted 12.26.2008 | Politics

Read More: USA Today, Robert Reich, Economic Crisis, Economy, Constellation Energy, Boeing, David Brooks, Judge Judy, New Yrok Times, PBS "Washington Week", Timothy Geithner, Corporate Power, Mark Weisbrot, Barack Obama, Lawrence Summers, National Mining Association, Ideology, Politics News
Norman Solomon

On Friday, columnist David Brooks informed readers that Barack Obama's picks "are not ideological." The incoming president's key economic adviser...

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By Way of Clarification

Jayne Lyn Stahl | Posted 12.16.2008 | Politics

Read More: Social Conservatives, Hate Crimes, Matthew Shepherd, Proposition 8, Prop 8, No on Prop 8, Prop 8 Protests, Intellectual Freedom, Moral Ambiguity, Progressive Ideology, Ideology, Marriage Equality, Prop 8 Rally, Gay Rights, Larry King, Freedom of Thought, Marriage Equality in CA, Anti-Intellectualism, Bush Administration Intellectualism, Gay Civil Rights, Conservative Ideology, Gay Marriage, California Proposition 8, Politics News
Jayne Lyn Stahl

Ultimately, no one wins when ideology, whether progressive or reactionary, is allowed to prevail over diversity of ideas, and human will.

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Campaign Hate Speech Will Leave Our Nation Even More Divided

Rusel DeMaria | Posted 11.23.2008 | Home

Read More: Mccain, Obama, Healing, Republicans, Divisions, Apollo Project, Barack Obama, Ideology, Communication, Mccain Campaign Attacks, Mccain Divide, Obama McCain, Campaign 2008, Bush Administration, McCain Obama, Bush Divide, Election 2008, Home News
Rusel DeMaria

Obama's campaign ground game should remain intact and begin a new mission -- to communicate and bring people together, to begin a national dialog that heals wounds, promotes truth, and unifies us as one nation again.

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Heads They Win, Tails You Lose: For the Beltway Media, Even Democratic Victories Prove the Country is Conservative

Paul Waldman | Posted 11.21.2008 | Media

Read More: Newsweek, Paul Waldman, Media Matters, Progressivism, Conservatism, Media Matters Action Network, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Ideology, Media News
Paul Waldman

When Republicans win, we're told that Democrats need to move to the center. When Democrats win, on the other hand, we're told that... Democrats need to move to the center.

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"I Told You So's" Everywhere

Jeff Madrick | Posted 11.21.2008 | Business

Read More: High Taxes, Regulations, The Case for Big Government, Prosperity, Ideology, Government, Wall Street Bailout, Social Services, Financial Crisis, Credit Crisis, Wall Street Crisis, Business News
Jeff Madrick

Since the credit crisis, the establishment is registering their fears of free markets across the American landscape. But where were these people for the last thirty years? And where was the media?

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Ideology Takes a Breather, Maybe

Jared Bernstein | Posted 11.19.2008 | Politics

Read More: Culture Wars, Nationalizing Banks, Wall Street Crisis, Economy, Barack Obama, Ideology, Politics News
Jared Bernstein

If we play our cards right, some deeply embedded and highly destructive ideology may collapse just as hard as an overleveraged investment bank.

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Republican "Workout" Is A Cop Out

Ron Grande | Posted 10.31.2008 | Home

Read More: Washington, Main Street, House Republicans, Ideology, Ideological, Workout, Paulson, Wall Street Crisis, Credit, Bailout, Wall Street, Securities, Crisis, Financial, Republicans, Free Market, Political, Home News
Ron Grande

The House Republicans will be to blame for any calamities that may yet be in store for our economy. Their objection to the modified Paulson Plan was not ideological, it was political.

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Why This Election is So Close

Lincoln Mitchell | Posted 10.20.2008 | Politics

Read More: Al Gore, John McCain, George W. Bush, Sarah Palin, Campaign, Democratic Party, 2008 Election, Republican Party, Barack Obama, Ideology, Politics News
Lincoln Mitchell

This will be the third straight election which could be described as very close. This is all but unprecedented in American history.

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