Ideology

Zombies Fighting Over Who Is Right: A Nightmare On Main Street

William Grassie | Posted 05.22.2012

William Grassie

Every religion, every ideology and every construct of self implies a perspective on what constitutes the good life, as well as some kind of critique of the bad. But what are we to do when our ideals are in conflict?

Cara Santa Maria

WATCH: Liberal, Conservative: Are You Born That Way?

HuffingtonPost.com | Cara Santa Maria | Posted 05.07.2012

2012-05-07-Screenshot20120507at1.18.50PM.jpgDo we have traits that can be used to reliably predict whether someone is liberal or conservative in nature?

Seeking Truth In A World Of Competing Narratives

William Grassie | Posted 04.30.2012

William Grassie

Is there some other way to adjudicate between the competing metanarratives that shape our lives and identities, determining how we think and act, what we hold to be true and good?

The Best Policy Depends on the Context, Not the Political Party

Paul Heroux | Posted 04.09.2012

Paul Heroux

By targeting risk factors and having specific solutions, we can expect to prevent most crime before we have to punish it. Be wary when you hear politicians promoting one-step solutions to crime. The real world is complicated and so are the solutions.

Conflicting Ideologies And Entangled Narratives

William Grassie | Posted 04.02.2012

William Grassie

How do we decide which stories are worthy of our affirmation and support? Which narratives have the power to convince, convert and transform? Which religion does one choose?

Supreme Court Scandals

Brent Budowsky | Posted 05.29.2012

Brent Budowsky

Sadly for America, there is far too much money, and far too little sunlight, in a government that most voters believe, correctly, is corrupted by money that buys democracy in the dark.

March Madness, Primary Season and the Limits of Sports as Metaphor

Roderick Spencer | Posted 05.25.2012

Roderick Spencer

I'm a sports fan and I care about politics, so let's mash them together. It is likely that Barack Obama is the most knowledgeable US President ever when it comes to NCAA basketball. How can the remaining GOP candidates use that against him?

One American's Pretentious Resolutions for a Decisive New Year

Dorian de Wind | Posted 02.27.2012

Dorian de Wind

America does not have to choose between continuing to be the greatest nation on earth and being a compassionate, tolerant, inclusive and united society. It is the latter that has made America great.

Youthless Churches And The Arab Spring: A Generation of Ideas, not Ideology

Frank Fredericks | Posted 11.29.2011

Frank Fredericks

Our faiths were not faltering; instead, our churches were failing to engage with young people in a way that is relevant for them.

Why Candidates Win: Tactics vs. Fundamentals

Brendan Nyhan | Posted 11.07.2011

Brendan Nyhan

Today's NYT news analysis by Jeff Zeleny offers a classic example of how journalists attribute political success to tactical strategies.

Jobs: A Grand Bargain

Brent Budowsky | Posted 11.01.2011

Brent Budowsky

America is a nation of Great Generation citizens, a lost generation of workers and a failed generation of self-centered and small-minded operators in business, government and finance who appear incapable of leading.

When Ideology Becomes Pathology

Mark Olmsted | Posted 09.22.2011

Mark Olmsted

We all have belief systems -- religious, political, spiritual. Up to a certain point, they provide an indispensable architecture that allows us to op...

1937, 2011: Déjà Vu All Over Again -- Stimulus Wanes, Unemployment Increases

Paul Abrams | Posted 09.18.2011

Paul Abrams

One of the reasons the U.S. economy did so well in the last half of the 20th century is that we ignored ideology in favor of pragmatism. That is no longer true. Ideology has again become fashionable. And, we are paying for it, dearly.

Freedom Is Free

Jennifer Hamady | Posted 09.16.2011

Jennifer Hamady

High, rigid and tight as our walls and minds may be, freedom beckons to us over and around every notion and manifestation of our self-imposed limitations and constraints.

Mediums and Their Political Messages

Paul Stoller | Posted 09.05.2011

Paul Stoller

If Republican leaders begin to act more like public servants and less like non-thinking fundamentalist soldiers, we might begin to repair our political system. If not, their absolutism will plunge us into unspeakable economic darkness.

Why Ideology Won't Matter In The GOP Primary

nationaljournal.com | By Eliza Newlin Carney | Posted 08.15.2011

GOFFSTOWN, N.H. - The world will little note nor long remember much (any?) of what happened at the first full-scale Republican presidential debate her...

A Muslim's Take On Obama's Middle East Speech

Harris Zafar | Posted 07.25.2011

Harris Zafar

This is not a war that can be won with guns. This is a war of ideas, which requires tactfully addressing religious factors.

We Are All Presidential Speechwriters

Gary Hart | Posted 05.25.2011

Gary Hart

Beneath the strains of more government-less government, more spending-less spending, leave-me-alone versus the commonwealth lies the deeper question: what kind of society do we want?

Even Our Parenting Is Shifting Right

Sally Kohn | Posted 11.17.2011

Sally Kohn

Hanging ornaments on her grandparents' Christmas tree, my two-year-old beamed with pride for having hooked a snowman on a branch all by herself. A ...

Blue Dog President?

Bob Jacobson | Posted 05.25.2011

Bob Jacobson

Last autumn, just before the midterm elections, a group of Democratic Congress members -- call them the "Super Blues" -- petitioned President Obama no...

Taking a Look at How We Look At Our World and at Ourselves

Mitchell J. Rabin | Posted 05.25.2011

Mitchell J. Rabin

Looking at how we think, see or perceive as in a reflective exercise is just not something we humans really like to do. We'd rather actively assert t...

Conservative Explains How To "Fix" Arizona and America (VIDEO)

Sally Kohn | Posted 05.25.2011

Sally Kohn

When the economy is strong, conservatives want to cut taxes for the rich. When the economy is weak, conservatives want to cut taxes for the rich. Wh...

The Fault Is Not in Our Stars, but in Ourselves

Dick Flacks | Posted 05.25.2011

Dick Flacks

Is Obama "really" a progressive? Let's stop using ideological yardsticks to judge politicians. It's a poor predictor of integrity or action and not what determines the political assessments that most Americans make.

Assange's Ideology

James Denselow | Posted 05.25.2011

James Denselow

GUEST POST BY TOBY DENSELOW Security gives way to conspiracy- -Julius Caesar, act 2, sc.3. Wikileaks founder Julain Assange's arrest is the ideal...

LESS at Stake This Election Than Ever Before (VIDEO)

Sally Kohn | Posted 05.25.2011

Sally Kohn

If Tea Party candidates are elected and slash government, it's we the American people who will bleed. Especially in tough times -- amidst an economic ...