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Upshot of California Gay Marriage Case: When the Right-Wing Is Forced to Make its Case, It Has None

Jonathan Weiler | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Judge Walker, Proposition 8, Reality-Based Community, Intelligent Design, Judge John E. Jones III, Politics News
Jonathan Weiler

It's to be savored when in a venue in which facts cannot be twisted or eschewed altogether and reason cannot be cavalierly dismissed, we get to witness an outcome based in facts, reason and reality.

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Jason Linkins

Reporter Sacked For His Insistence On Objectivity, Existence Of Reality

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Media Objectivity, Reality-Based Community, Media Criticism, Firing, Atlanta Progressive News, Eat the Press, Media News

Jonathan Springston was fired because of an apparent insistence on fact-based reporting. That this was the reason is troubling. That his editor, Matthew Cardinale, copped to it, is insane.

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The Shape of Things to Come: War before Peace in the Mideast

Leon T. Hadar | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Iraq War, Egypt, Palestinian Territories, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Bush Administration, Middle East, Larry David, Reality-Based Community, President Barack Obama, Realpolitik, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Moshe Dayan, Israel, Anwar Sadat, World News
Leon T. Hadar

The current status-quo in the Middle East must be disturbed before conditions are right for the next round of Middle East diplomacy.

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Living In The Possibility-Based Global Community

Indra Adnan | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Yes We Can, Islam, Women, Michelle Obama, Nato, Turkey, Hope, Optimism, Globalization, Democracy, Media, Faith-Based Community, Barack Obama, Gordon Brown, Internet, G20 Summit, Positive Thinking, Hugging, Reality-Based Community, Soft Power, Youtube, Love, Healthy Living News
Indra Adnan

If we are unaware of the deliberate grasping and transforming of reality that Obama is exercising through the world's media, we will be constantly led by the images of Barack and Michelle "being the change."

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Fear and Loathing in the Conservative Blogosphere

Dan Sweeney | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Conservative Bloggers, John Hinderaker, Hunter Thompson, Reality-Based Community, Ron Suskind, Power Line Blog, Michelle Malkin, Media News
Dan Sweeney

How long until a major conservative blogger finally suffers a complete breakdown, disassociates from reality, and starts pretending that Bush is still president?

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Dueling Banjoes: Karl N' Kos Debut in Newsweek

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Newsweek, Karl Rove, Karl Rove Newseek, Reality-Based Community, Markos Moulitsas, 2008 Election, Kos Newsweek, Markos Moulitsas Newsweek, Hillary Clinton, Republicans, Democrats, Daily Kos, Squeal Like a Pig, Fun in Washington, Fun in Appalachia, Burt Reynolds, Deliverance, Eat the Press, Video, Media News

What's interesting about these two columns, juxtaposed, is how emblematic they are of their sides.

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