Because of the intensity of the debate on health care reform, and the Republican ideological war on the middle class, we are now hearing much talk about the “American Center,” the supposedly independent political middle. The fact is that there is no political middle, polls notwithstanding. The only poll that matters, politicians will tell you [...]
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The Myth of the American Political Center
December 28th, 2009 · Comments Off · Culture, Health Care, Media, Politics
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What’s in a Name? Republicans Are Now the Neoconservative Obstructionist Party
October 31st, 2009 · Comments Off · General, Health Care, Media, Politics
Shakespeare and the current Republican Party do not exactly fit within the same imagery. We do not see Sarah Palin quoting Shakespeare, something that might not surprise us to hear from either the President or the Vice President. The point is that we have long, long since reduced our expectations of erudition or even fiscally [...]
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The State of American Monopolistic Media
August 30th, 2009 · Comments Off · Media, Politics
Do you wonder why you only see the typical kind of “he-said, she-said” commentary–and news, too–that calls for some flack on one side of an isssue to respond to the flack on the other side of the issue? Do you wonder why Bill O’Reilly slams Keith Olbermann on tv and then Keith Olbermann slams Bill [...]
Truth and Propaganda
September 26th, 2009 · Comments Off · Culture, Media
The recent rash of articles surrounding the idea that a nightly television personality may have, over time, perhaps become the victim of some kind of neurosis, speaking irrationally, brings up an important subject. When must we demand truth from media and prohibit irrational speech or speech based on objectives that are antithetical to society’s interests? Several issues are quite clear. [...]
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