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Supreme Court denies cert in valedictorian case
Caught this one just now, which I had missed last week: The Supreme Court has rejected the appeal of a Nevada High School valedictorian whose microphone was cut when she began to speak of her Christian... Religious Manifesto warns of coming civil disobedience
RE-IGNITING THE CULTURE WARS : Human Rights Campaign feels the declaration is pre-emptive, and implies that equality and liberty cannot co-exist In a 4,700 word treatise they have entitled,...
created by smkovalinsky | 6 days ago | updated 5 days ago
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1247 views | 31 recommendations | 68 comments
Beck takes on MSNBC
On October 14 pundit Glenn Beck took on MSNBC, satirically mocking the likes of Keith Olbermann and Chris Matthews and calling the news network one "devoted to singing [Obama's] praises". If only he had a bit more depth and subtlety, he might make his... The real birther argument : far from the crank theorists
A blogger with philosophical and Constitutional knowledge and astuteness - and who claims he views the Birthers as loons and crank conspiracy theorists - finds the true argument they... Dog Whistle Politics & The Net's Culture of Organized Mob Violenc
Last night I enjoyed the film “State of Play”, rent it if you haven’t already. The NY Times reviewer's take — “A breaking, earthshaking story makes its way from computer screen to newsprint. The plates are...
created by princeofnetworks | 8 wks ago | updated 8 wks ago
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129 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
Web 2.0 Culture Wars & The End of Effective Rule of Law
I have been trying to write this letter for a long time. The kind of letter that reaches out and is met. It would be one thing, if what I had to say were pleasant or uplifting somehow, something easy to read, and it... Obama cannot be all four at once
This is a good one, courtesy/ copyright Adamthinks.com. For how can Obama be at once radical liberal, Muslim, Nazi, and Marxist? They preclude eachother. If he is a liberal,... 202 views | 18 recommendations | 5 comments
Immigration reform: An issue which will widen the divide
Throughout the summer it became increasingly clear that a bipartisan approcah was not going to fly: American politics are more divisive than ever. And the pending issue of immigration reform will certainly widen the great divide. The liberal argument that... Oh, the humanity. Charles Pierce: "The idiots have won"
No longer the America of Franklin, of Thoreau and Emerson, we have become, according to Charles Pierce, a nation of idiots. Nietzsche's Last Man is fact, not some terrible... 207 views | 16 recommendations | 2 comments
Notes from Underground: Words from the American Taliban
It is always good to remember why it is that we are in a pluralistic democracy, with freedom of speech, separation of church and state, and civil rights and liberties. These quotes from the... Godfather of American Hedonism Exposed as Gay-rights Pioneer
In a new documentary, entitled "Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel", the godfather of American hedonism "concerned he'll be remembered in the wrong light." is exposed as a gay-rights pioneer. "But much as...
created by Rhonda J Mangus | 12 wks ago | updated 12 wks ago
254 views | 28 recommendations | 9 comments
254 views | 28 recommendations | 9 comments
Coming anti-gay backlash has fired its warning shots
With the recent Now Public feature on Dr. Phil and his angering gays with his new anti-gay message , a story that journalist Wayne Bensen wrote for Huffington Post in July comes to mind. The... 462 views | 26 recommendations | 20 comments
What Lurks Within: Protest's Silent Partner
Charges of covert racism are extreme, but contain a grain of important truth: This is so poignantly and beautifully defended a position, and so urgent a warning, as to deserve quotation at length... 261 views | 37 recommendations | 10 comments
Natural vs Positive Law: Culture Wars A Tale of Two Ideologies
Critical Commentary: One of the clearest divisions in America's cultural and ideological wars, is the distinguishing between the guidance by Natural versus Positive law theory. The former is... Culture Wars Declining, or here to stay? Rising Millennials
America's division between "retro and metro", blue states and red states", conservative and liberal, religious and secular: Is this a declining trend, or a permanent divide? It... 486 views | 22 recommendations | 22 comments
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