Archive for: liberal

Astroturf Campaigning

Astroturf Campaigning

The internet has been a powerful organizing tool for political movements. It has been used to organize revolutions in the Middle East and protests around the world. Understandably, politicians have good reason to closely monitor sentiment online....

 

Where We Should Place Our Fears

Where We Should Place Our Fears

This August, Texas Governor and presidential hopeful Rick Perry stirred up controversy when he invited his fellow Texans, along with the nation’s governors, to join him in a mammoth prayer event at Houston’s Reliant Stadium. Dubbed “The...

 

The Progressive Perspective

The Progressive Perspective

Many want Barack Obama to return to the optimism of his 2008 campaign. It’s hard to be a Liberal these days. Our supposed savior seems to be moving slowly but steadily to the right as he concedes to conservatives on issue after issue. Our...

 

Glenn Beck Is A Genius

Glenn Beck Is A Genius

Fact: Glenn Beck is a brilliant political strategist.  We might all hate Beck, just like we hated Goebbels, and Lenin, and Mao, but we still had to admit they sure knew how to speak, and how to game their political systems.  Beck does a lot...

 

NPR: National Public Revulsion

NPR: National Public Revulsion

In 1970… National Public Radio is born three years after President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Public Broadcasting Act of 1967. In its mission statement NPR declares that it is devoted to “presentation of fair, accurate and comprehensive...

 

Bias With a Basis: Stewart vs Beck

Bias With a Basis: Stewart vs Beck

Neutral, unbiased, nonpartisan news is dead.  It’s just not a good business model anymore.  MSNBC and Fox News have proven this by kicking CNN around in the ratings more and more each year.  However, this isn’t really a new problem. ...

 

Curriculum Controversy in Texas

Curriculum Controversy in Texas

Is there a liberal bias in American classrooms? Liberal bias in schools is finally being combated, as conservatives on the Texas Board of Education have recently approved a new curriculum. Academia has been skewed to the left, and conservatives...

 

In Defense Of Liberals

In Defense Of Liberals

I’m not afraid to say it. I’m a loud, proud, out of the closet liberal. There is an ever-growing stigma attached to liberals, so much so that no politician would dare use the word to describe themselves. Any idea that is “liberal” is...