by Terrance Heath | Dec 30, 2013 | Conservatism, This Is The GOP
“Duck Dynasty” star Phil Robertson’s comments on race didn't cause as much controversy as his anti-gay spiel, but they deserve just as much scrutiny. In an interview with a GQ reporter, Robertson reflected growing up in the segregated south, and said he believes that...
by Terrance Heath | Dec 23, 2013 | Conservatism, Economy, Health, Minimum Wage, The Sequester, This Is The GOP
From the second inauguration of Barack Obama to the latest skirmish in the “War on Christmas,” a steady stream of outrageousness flowed from the American right this year. Here are the best of the worst of the right-wing in 2013. The Confederate Battle Flag In Front...
by Terrance Heath | Dec 23, 2013 | Conservatism, This Is The GOP
By now, everyone knows the story. Phil Robertson, star of A&E’s popular reality show “Duck Dynasty”, told a GQ reporter what he thinks of gay people: Out here in these woods, without any cameras around, Phil is free to say what he wants. Maybe a little too free....
by Terrance Heath | Dec 19, 2013 | Uncategorized
Budget Deal Passes Senate passes Murray-Ryan budget deal. [Salon] "Congress has sent President Barack Obama bipartisan legislation scaling back across-the-board spending cuts on programs ranging from the Pentagon to the national park system. The final vote on the...
by Terrance Heath | Dec 17, 2013 | Uncategorized
Economic Populism Or What? The Daily Beast's Michael Tomasky explains what President Obama can learn from Sen. Elizabeth Warren: "Is 2014 going to be the year that Barack Obama tacks—and stays—left? He’s given big economic populism speeches before, but he has tended...
