Archive for September 10th, 2009
David Sirota on Van Jones resignation »
Jones being forced out will not mollify the racists, crazies, tea baggers, Republican congresspeople and other assorted conservative freakshows - it will only embolden them. When lynch mobs in the Old South lynched someone, when a witchhunting band caught a target in Salem, when HUAC "proved" the supposed communism of its victims, that didn't calm [...]
Cal Thomas and the ‘arrogance of power’ »
The arrogance of power and disdain for average Americans is what fueled much of the dissent expressed in town hall meetings. Growing numbers of people see a small cadre of government, academic, and media elites caring nothing about them, except when it comes to their tax dollars. Many, especially those who are conservative and even worse, [...]
Burt Prelutsky calls liberalism ‘a cult’ »
For the longest time, I’ve insisted that liberalism is the religion of choice for atheists, agnostics and run-of-the-mill secularists. After all, be they Christians, Jews, Moslems or Buddhists, the truly devout accept the tenets of their religion on faith. They can try to have logical debates with the likes of a Christopher Hitchens, but in [...]
