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Watch Long Island For the New Right Wing Groundswell

B.D. Gallof | Posted 11.03.2009 | New York


B.D. Gallof

Today we will see the crawl, but next year we will see the running. The bouillabaisse of discontent has been churning, and this year's minority will be a movement looking to step up.

Down with Demonology: The Left Can Do Better

Nancy Wadsworth | Posted 10.13.2009 | Denver


Nancy Wadsworth

In my division at DU of over 70 professors, I can count the number of tenure-track faculty of color on one hand. In DU's service and maintenance position ranks, the demographics are reversed.

Talk Radio Inciting Violence? What Happened to Listener Discernment?

Michael D. Brown | Posted 11.21.2009 | Denver


Michael D. Brown

We should never refrain from expressing our opinions with emotions and passions for fear that the nut case will hear it wrong and act out violently.

Dan Quayle: Obama's "Biggest Challenge" Is "Taming The Left Wing"

AP | Posted 08.18.2009 | Politics


STATELINE, Nev. -- Former Vice President Dan Quayle gives President Barack Obama high marks for surrounding himself with quality advisers on national ...

Revolution.com

Cedric Perrier | Posted 07.23.2009 | Politics


Cedric Perrier

In the last six months alone, we have begun to see the rise of the electronic electorate and with it a real prospect for the growth of Referendum politics.

Obama and the Left, Part 432 (And Counting)

Mike Lux | Posted 07.09.2009 | Politics


Mike Lux

We need progressive groups in regular in-depth policy meetings with the administration, even if that means they have to soft-pedal their criticisms some of the time to keep that access.

A Reasonable Observer's Response to the Torture Memos

Martha St Jean | Posted 05.25.2009 | Politics


Martha St Jean

The Bush torture memos have provided more questions than answers. Where were the "reasonable observers" who should have given dissenting viewpoints based on legal and moral ramifications?

The Immorality of Intolerance and Inconsistency

Jeff Schweitzer | Posted 05.23.2009 | Politics


Jeff Schweitzer

The inconsistent standards by which Gingrich, Cheney and Republicans are judging Obama are troubling.

The Left isn't Leaving Obama -- Yet

Rupert Russell | Posted 05.02.2009 | Politics


Rupert Russell

Pundits have criticized last week's announcements on the new bank bailout and Afghanistan. Yet, a crack up of the Democratic coalition or fracturing of the progressive movement it is not.

Can Progressives Grow Up? (President Obama Needs the Left to Change Its Ways)

Frank Schaeffer | Posted 02.21.2009 | Politics


Frank Schaeffer

First President Obama wasn't "black enough" for the black left. Then he was "too centrist" in his appointments for the white left. Then he wasn't gay friendly enough. Now he is President.

Will Obama's Presidency End the Progressive Movement?

Rupert Russell | Posted 02.20.2009 | Politics


Rupert Russell

Progressive billionaires, bloggers and grassroots activists mobilized less against a conservative president than a complicit mainstream media and a Bush-enabling Democratic establishment.

Inside the Tel Aviv Bubble

Omri Marcus | Posted 02.07.2009 | World


Omri Marcus

Here is a short guide to the various characters you will find in the Tel Aviv bubble these days, including Mr. Right Wing, Mr. Left Wing, The Escapist, and The Conspiracy Theory Guy.

Center-Right Hype vs. Center-Left Data

Marty Kaplan | Posted 01.22.2009 | Politics


Marty Kaplan

As the country went to the polls this past fall, the meme that America is a "center-right" country surged. I have some data to add to that debate, and it drives a final stake into the center-right talking-point.

How Will Obama Enrage The Left?

Chris Weigant | Posted 01.03.2009 | Politics


Chris Weigant

Obama is going to do something to absolutely enrage leftists, progressives, and the few remaining Americans who actually call themselves liberals; and, furthermore, he's going to do it within his first 100 days in office.

Exactly Who Broke McCain's Resolve?

Deanne Stillman | Posted 10.04.2008 | Politics


Deanne Stillman

"Fellow citizens," George Bush said last night, "if the Hanoi Hilton could not break John McCain's resolve to do what is best for his country, you can...

The Latest Media Blind Spot: Viewing All Criticism of Obama Through a Right/Left Prism

Arianna Huffington | Posted 07.23.2008 | Politics


Arianna Huffington

My problem isn't that Obama doesn't always agree with me. My problem is that he has started to not always agree with himself -- falling prey instead to the Conventional Wisdom sirens.

Selling Out Sometimes? Okay. Selling Out All The Time? Not.

Jonathan Leigh Solomon | Posted 07.10.2008 | Politics


Jonathan Leigh Solomon

Barack Obama dealt a bit in platitudes during the primaries so that he'd have less to disassociate himself from once he had the nomination in hand. But he held back on a few whoppers, too.